Trump Tax Returns Case Won’t Be Fast-Tracked, U.S. Judge Rules

House Democrats’ lawsuit seeking to quickly compel the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to hand over President Donald Trump’s tax returns for the past six years won’t be decided any faster than any ordinary case, the federal judge hearing the dispute has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden late Thursday rejected the request by the House Ways & Means Committee that he fast-track resolution of their lawsuit filed last month, which the suing Democrats say would have increased the likelihood the litigation is resolved before a new Congress is sworn into office in January 2021.