President Trump delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP)A federal appeals court in Washington said Thursday that it will expedite its review of President Trump’s request to block a congressional subpoena seeking financial records from the president’s accounting firm. Circuit means the accounting firm will not give a House committee the president’s business records while the case is pending. The timeline allows the case to move swiftly by court standards and could set up a decision from the Supreme Court that could land in the thick of the 2020 presidential campaign. Circuit, experts watching the legal battle expect an immediate request to the Supreme Court to stop the release of the material.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2019 19:05 UTC