The US House should be able to access some of Trump's tax records through a subpoena to his accounting firm Mazars USA, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled Wednesday. The ruling is a resounding loss for the former president.
The ruling is a resounding loss for Trump, given that the accounting records appear to cover financial information that the former President has fiercely protected.It is a major step toward resolving the long-running fight over access to Trump's tax records. Trump has been able to delay the subpoena by taking the case to court, appealing all the way to the Supreme Court. That legal fight has lasted more than two years.
"We issued this subpoena two years ago. That he was able to run out the clock and avoid accountability until he left office is not a victory for the rule of law. It is an abject failure," the Virginia Democrat saidHouse Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney said in a statement that she was"pleased" the court had found that the committee was entitled to some of the records it had been seeking.
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