Judge Signals Support for Democrats to Seek Trump’s Tax Returns
- Democrats have sought the president’s tax returns for months
- Two federal appeals courts have ruled in favor of disclosure
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A federal judge indicated he would allow House Democrats to proceed with a lawsuit that seeks to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Treasury Department.
“Congress has been subpoenaing for a long time and the executive has been complying for a long time,” U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who was appointed by Trump in 2017, said in a hearing Wednesday. “There is a pretty strong line of cases there suggesting the House would have standing to bring this kind of case.”