President Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday notified a federal judge that they have appealed “all aspects” of a Monday ruling that the president’s accounting firm must turn over his financial records to Congress. Mehta, in a 41-page ruling Monday, flatly rejected arguments from the president’s lawyers that the House Oversight Committee’s demands for the records from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, were overly broad and served no legitimate legislative function. It also would be up to circuit judges whether to put the committee subpoena on hold pending consideration of Trump’s appeal. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court could resolve this within the next five weeks in an adverse way to President Trump. ), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said the ruling “lets America know that we have ground to stand on and that we have a legitimate argument and the courts support them .

Source: Washington Post May 21, 2019 14:14 UTC