Vance's office has been examining whether Trump or the Trump Organization violated state laws in connection with hush money payments made to women alleging affairs with Trump. Trump had sued Vance to stop the grand jury subpoena of his longtime accounting firm Mazars USA for years of his records. The subpoena asked for records from Mazars related to Trump, the Trump Organization, his foundation and several related subsidiaries. "While the Mazars Subpoena may well have been issued for that particular purpose, the lack of specific facts tying the Mazars Subpoena to those politicians prevents the Court from reasonably inferring that the Mazars Subpoena reflects an effort to advance the Democrats' goals rather than legitimate ones," his opinion said. House Democrats separately subpoenaed the same set of Trump accounting records as Vance from Mazars.

Source: CNN August 20, 2020 14:35 UTC