[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Taking aim at President Trump, New York lawmakers voted on Wednesday to allow congressional committees to seek the president’s tax returns and to close a potential loophole for those he might pardon. The two bills passed by the Democratic-controlled State Senate do not explicitly mention President Trump, but there was little question that he was the focus of both efforts. One bill would eliminate the so-called double jeopardy loophole that gives individuals who have been pardoned at a federal level indemnity from New York State prosecutors. Its sponsor, Senator Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Island, said the bill would address “wanton threats of the use of the pardon power” by Mr. Trump.

Source: New York Times May 08, 2019 18:45 UTC