A federal appeals court has denied former President Trump's latest attempt to prevent a congressional committee from accessing his tax records.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., denied the effort after a three-judge panel of the courtthat the House Ways and Means Committee is allowed to obtain Trump’s tax records after years of effort to secure them.
Trump can appeal Thursday's ruling to the Supreme Court. His lawyers have indicated in previous filings that they would appeal to the high court if the appeals court denied his request for a hearing.Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the Ways and Means chairman, said in a statement Thursday that the committee had waited “long enough” for the documents. Neal first“The law has always been on our side.
The three-judge panel said in August that the House committee had the authority to obtain Trump's tax records from the Treasury Department,Democrats have been calling for Trump to release his tax returns ever since the 2016 presidential campaign. While no law requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns, almost every Republican and Democratic nominee in the modern era has disclosed their filings. Trump, however, has refused.
Separately, the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial began this week. Prosecutors allege the company was involved in a