The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had called the Democratic-led panel's request politically motivated
The justices denied Trump's Oct. 31 emergency application to block a lower court's ruling that upheld a request by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee for the tax records as a justified part of the panel's legislative work while his lawyers prepared an appeal. No justice publicly dissented from the decision.
The fight over the committee's request is one of many legal woes for Trump as he moves forward with another run for the presidency in 2024. Trump last weekTuesday's order superseded one issued by Chief Justice John Roberts on Nov. 1 that had effectivelythe dispute and prevented the panel from obtaining the Trump returns while the court considered how to proceed.
Trump was the first president in four decades years not to release his tax returns as he sought to keep secret the details of his wealth and the activities of his real estate company, the Trump Organization.
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