The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether President Trump can be shielded from congressional and state subpoenas for his personal banking and accounting records, in what could be a major test of separation powers between the executive branch, Congress, and the states. The high court will also look at the extent a sitting president can be subject to state and local grand jury investigations and prosecutions. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVES ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST TRUMP, GOP SLAMS ‘KANGAROO COURT’"We are pleased that the Supreme Court granted review of the President’s three pending cases," Jay Sekulow, counsel to the president, said in a statement. A lower federal court had separately ruled Trump must comply with the subpoenas, but his personal lawyers had asked the Supreme Court to intervene. A second subpoena involves House Financial Services Committee and House Intelligence Committee requests for 10 years of records from various banks that did business with Trump, his adult children, and his businesses.

Source: Fox News December 13, 2019 21:40 UTC