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MEHTA says he will *not* be ruling from the bench today on the Trump / Mazars lawsuit.
MEHTA: "Say for example if a president had a financial interest in a particular piece of legislation that was being considered … in your view Congress could not investigate whether a president has a conflict of interest?
CONSOVOY: "It would lack legitimate legislative purpose."
CONSOVOY: "It would lack legitimate legislative purpose."
Trump lawyer CONSOVOY says he wants "a week or two" to ask whether Rep. @Jim_Jordan might voluntarily turn over Oversight Committee documents to the Trump legal team that might support the argument that the investigation of Trump's finances lacks a legislative purpose.
@Jim_Jordan The main argument of Trump's team is that the Oversight Committee subpoena of Trump's financial records is meant as a "law enforcement" effort, rather than a legislative one. Mehta doesn't seem to be buying it.
@Jim_Jordan House legal counsel Doug Letter starts by saying Trump views Congress as a "nuisance."
"The problem with that is this is a total and basic and fundamental misunderstanding of the system that was set up by the Constitution."
"The problem with that is this is a total and basic and fundamental misunderstanding of the system that was set up by the Constitution."
@Jim_Jordan House counsel said there are conceivable limits on demanding personal docs from a president -- but this case isn't close.
"I want to see the president’s diary from when he was 7 years old or she was 12 years old. That would probably stretch my arguments to the breaking point."
"I want to see the president’s diary from when he was 7 years old or she was 12 years old. That would probably stretch my arguments to the breaking point."
@Jim_Jordan House Counsel LETTER urged Mehta to make a quick ruling:
“This Congress is limited in time. There’s obviously going to be appeals here. We just do not want there to be any lag in time … Any delay here undermines the House’s ability to do what the Constitution allows it to do.”
“This Congress is limited in time. There’s obviously going to be appeals here. We just do not want there to be any lag in time … Any delay here undermines the House’s ability to do what the Constitution allows it to do.”
@Jim_Jordan JUDGE MEHTA raised doubts Tuesday about the arguments that Trump's legal team offered to try to invalidate a subpoena for seven years of Trump's financial records. House Dems are seeking a quick ruling.
The latest, w/ @desiderioDC
politico.com/story/2019/05/…
The latest, w/ @desiderioDC
politico.com/story/2019/05/…
