In a court filing, Trump’s lawyers said the U.S. President will file an amended complaint raising arguments against district attorney Cyrus Vance’s subpoena that the Supreme Court said he can still make
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on July 15, 2020.Lawyers for Donald Trump told a federal judge on Wednesday they plan further challenges to the Manhattan district attorney’s efforts to see the U.S. president’s financial records, despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the prosecutor’s review.
He may also argue that Vance, a Democrat, brought the subpoena to harass Trump, manipulate or retaliate against his policies, or otherwise “impede his constitutional duties.”The case concerns a subpoena by Vance last August to Trump’s accounting firm Mazars USA for eight years of personal and corporate tax returns.
These included payments to buy pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels’ and former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s silence about their claimed sexual encounters with Trump, which he denies.
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