Trump Appeals to Supreme Court on Financial-Records Subpoena

  • President says House exceeding authority with Mazars’ subpoena
  • Court could act soon as Trump subpoena cases start piling up

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President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his challenge to a House subpoena for financial records held by his accounting firm, saying lawmakers are exceeding their authority with a broad probe into his personal and business affairs.

The appeal comes in one of three subpoena cases speeding toward a potential Supreme Court showdown. The justices are already scheduled to discuss at their Dec. 13 private conference whether to take up Trump’s challenge to a subpoena by a New York prosecutor for his tax returns.