Justice lawyers said in the filings that answering their 37 subpoena requests in the interim, by July 29, would cause Trump "irreparable injury" and distract him from his official duties. Last December, the federal appeals court agreed to hear a similar case out of a Maryland federal court that had also reached such a point. "Our goal is simple and straightforward -- stopping President Trump from putting a `For Sale' sign in Russian on the door to the Oval Office," Blumenthal said in a statement Monday. "Unsurprisingly, the Trump Administration is still seeking to delay, delay, delay, but we are confident that the D.C. The aim of the subpoenas is to trace ownership interests and money flowing to Trump from foreign governments and their representatives.

Source: Fox News July 09, 2019 01:30 UTC