Thread by @Monaheart1229

DC Judge, Amit Mehta in the hearing for Trump's financial docs today gave both sides til Friday to make final arguments in Mazars USA/Congressional subpoena case. He's not going to allow Trump/DOJ to deliberately delay. #TuesdayThoughts thehill.com/regulation/cou…

2-"Amit Mehta, [re} the subpoena issued by Chairman Cummings for records from the accounting firm Mazars, said he considers the matter to be “fully exhausted” after hearing arguments from attorneys on both sides. And he promised to quickly issue a ruling on the matter."

3-"Attorneys for Trump and his businesses argued that the House committee had no standing to issue the subpoena, describing the request for documents as “law enforcement” and going beyond Congress’s authorities.Trump lawyer William Consovoy said that investigating the president

4-"for potential wrongdoing was outside of Congress's constitutional bounds, reiterating an argument that all congressional probes should be tied to legislation.But Mehta pushed back against some of Consovoy’s remarks by pointing to investigations like Watergate that weren’t tied

5-"to specific bills.“You mean to tell me that because he is the president of the United States, Congress would have no ability to investigate?” Mehta said, referring to Trump."..."Mehta asked Letter [att'y for Congess]how the subpoena, which requested financial documents

6-"preceding Trump’s time in office, could be considered a valid use of Congress’s investigatory powers. Letter replied that Trump has continued to benefit from his private businesses while in office. And he said that the records may reveal that another party, like a foreign

7-"government, has knowledge of wrongdoing by the president that they could use as leverage against him. In one notable exchange, Mehta asked the House counsel if there was anything pertaining to the president that the committee could not subpoena. Letter conjured up several

8-"hypothetical subpoenas that he thought might not stand up in court, like requesting the president’s blood for a blood test, or his diary from when he was 7 years old. “That would probably stretch my arguments to the breaking point,” Letter added."

9-And to TRUMP'S lawyer, the Judge said, "I cannot imagine that I’m supposed to write an opinion -if it ends up in your favor that knocks down the constitutionality” of how Congress can conduct investigations, Mehta told Consovoy." Lookin good so far, kids! #TuesdayThoughts

10-And from Politico a bit more detail:
#TuesdayThoughts #TrumpFinancialRecords
politico.com/story/2019/05/…

11-"Judge Amit Mehta, in Washington, indicated that he would have trouble ruling that Congress’ goal in accessing the president’s records was unconstitutional — as Trump’s lawyers have argued..." #TrumpFinancialRecords

12-Per @ZoeTillman "Per formal order after the hearing, the record is open until May 18, which is Saturday (so still, no ruling this week)"