ADADSeparation-of-powers issues that have slowed the case “may fall out” now that Trump is no longer in office, the judge noted. At least that’s my instinct,” said McFadden, a 2017 Trump appointee to the federal bench in Washington. Since last March, the lawsuit filed by the House Ways and Committee to enforce a statutory request and a subpoena for six years of Trump’s federal tax records has been frozen by McFadden. On Friday, Letter said the new Congress has authorized reissuing of a subpoena for Trump’s tax information that expired with the election changeover. ‘Shall’ means ‘shall,’ and therefore the Treasury Department should turn over these materials .

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2021 23:11 UTC