Both banks "have long provided business and personal banking services to Plaintiffs," Trump's attorneys said. No grounds exist to establish any purpose other than a political one," Trump's attorneys wrote in the complaint filed late Monday. The other lawsuit, in federal court in Washington against the accounting firm Mazars USA and the House Oversight Committee, is also attempting to prevent the House from getting Trump's financial records. Trump's attorneys -- Will Consovoy, Patrick Strawbridge and Marc Mukasey -- said the lawsuit is meant to protect Trump, his family and his business. "The subpoenas issued to Deutsche Bank and Capital One by Chairpersons Schiff and Waters are unlawful and illegitimate," the statement read.

Source: CNN April 30, 2019 02:34 UTC