BREAKING: Appeals Court has REJECTED Trump’s appeal of the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena for his financial records.
Big win for House Democrats.
Big win for House Democrats.
D.C. Circuit opinion UPHOLDS the lower court decision by Judge Amit Mehta, who said the subpoena was valid. Decision was 2-1, with Trump-appointed judge Neomi Rao dissenting.
The case could theoretically head to the Supreme Court, but House Democrats have won decisively in both the district and appeals courts.
Mazars will now likely be forced to turn over Trump’s financial records to House Democrats.
Mazars will now likely be forced to turn over Trump’s financial records to House Democrats.
Trump’s lawyers could ask the full appeals court to hear the case en banc before appealing to the Supreme Court. But that might not be their best option: the majority of those judges are Dem appointees.
Cummings: “Today’s ruling is a fundamental and resounding victory for Congressional oversight, our Constitutional system of checks and balances, and the rule of law.”
