Trump lawyers try to block tax records

New York – The President’s Attorneys Donald Trump made one last attempt Monday to prevent a New York prosecutor from obtaining the president’s tax returns, and claimed the Democrat was still “Looking for a way to justify his harassment of the president”.

The attorneys made their request in writing to a federal judge who last year refused to dismiss the subpoena that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance issued to Trump’s accountant in a criminal investigation.

District Judge Victor Marrero’s ruling was upheld last month by the United States Supreme Court, although the country’s highest court returned the case, noting that Trump’s attorneys had the right to challenge the subpoena just like any other. person.

The president responded by arguing through his attorneys that the subpoena was issued in bad faith, that it may have been politically motivated, and constituted harassment of the president, specifically because the wording mimicked the language of subpoenas issued by Congress.

Vance prosecutors said they had the right to obtain extensive records to assist in a “Complex financial investigation” and cited in their documents public reports of “extensive and prolonged criminal conduct in the Trump Organization.”

Meanwhile, Trump’s attorneys pointed out Monday that the request for tax returns since 2011 was retaliation because the president’s company disputed the scope of a subpoena that required returns from June 1, 2015 to June 20. September 2018.

That period corresponds to that of an investigation related to payments that were made to two women, including a porn actress, to buy their silence during the 2016 presidential campaign about their alleged love affairs with Trump. The president has denied these extramarital affairs.

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