Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee.Trump’s emergency appeal to the high courtWithout court intervention, the tax returns could have been provided as early as Thursday by the Treasury Department to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee.Roberts gave the committee until Nov. 10 to respond.
The temporary delay imposed by Roberts is the third such order issued by justices in recent days in cases related to Trump. Also before the court is an emergency appeal from Arizona Republican Party chairwoman Kelli Ward to prevent the handover of phone records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The Justice Department, under the Trump administration, had defended a decision by then-Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin to withhold the tax returns from Congress. Mnuchin argued that he could withhold the documents because he concluded they were being sought by Democrats for partisan reasons. A lawsuit ensued.
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