Trump’s Bid to Block Deutsche Bank Subpoena Shifts to Higher Court
- President’s lawyers file to thwart House’s demand for records
- Second Circuit weighs subpoenas to Deutsche Bank, Capital One
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on June 18.
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Congress’s battle for Donald Trump’s financial records shifted into one of the nation’s most important courts as the president asked a federal appeals panel in Manhattan to block House Democrats from getting his records from Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp.
Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday filed their opening legal brief with the court, asking it to reverse a lower-court ruling that denied his request to block subpoenas from House committees to the banks. Trump claims the subpoenas seek “an enormous volume of documents, reaching back decades,” requiring information about transactions by Trump and his employees and children.