A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. Protections for 660,000 immigrants are on the line at the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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UPDATED 3:53 PM PT — Friday, November 14, 2019
President Trump’s legal team is taking the case regarding the release of his tax returns to the nation’s highest court. On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to take up the case.
Manhattan’s District Attorney Cyrus Vance is seeking eight years’ worth of the President’s personal financial records. President Trump’s lawyers have maintained the effort is politically motivated and recently moved to block a subpoena for the documents. However, those efforts were shot down in lower courts, which lead to an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The landmark case will likely set the precedent for similar ones moving forward.
President Donald Trump speaks during the launch of “Black Voices for Trump,” at the Georgia World Congress Center, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
The president’s attorneys have said they want to be notified if House Democrats try to get the president’s New York state tax returns. Lawyers submitted the filing late Wednesday and proposed two options to address the problem.
The first would issue an order notifying the president at least 14 days before House Democrats make a request for the returns. The second option would order New York officials to notify the president if the request is made and wait at least 14 days before complying.
The president’s legal team issued a statement, which read “the decision of the Second Circuit will be taken to the Supreme Court — the issue raised in this case goes to the heart of our Republic (and) the constitutional issues are significant.”
