Trump’s lawyers argued that the subpoena was 'wildly overbroad,' and was issued in 'bad faith' and amounts to 'harassment'
U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn after he landing aboard Marine One at the White House July 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump on Monday filed a new challenge to the Manhattan district attorney’s subpoena for his tax returns, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court said the president was not immune from state criminal probes.
The subpoena “is so sweeping that it amounts to an unguided and unlawful ‘fishing expedition’ into the President’s personal and financial dealings,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in the complaint.Trump, who is seeking re-election on Nov. 3, asked the court to declare the subpoena invalid. On July 9, the Supreme Court in a 7-2 vote rejected his argument that he was immune from state criminal probes while in the White House. The high court said, however, that Trump could challenge the subpoena on other grounds.
Vance’s investigation began after reports that Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen paid pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 for her silence before the 2016 election about sexual encounters with Trump, which he has denied.
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