Judge rejects Trump's request to halt congressional subpoenas for his banking records
I hope Trump is have indigestion.
Judge rejects Trump’s request to halt congressional subpoenas for his banking records
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Renae Merle, Michael Kranish, Felicia Sonmez
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NEW YORK —A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request by President Trump to block congressional subpoenas for his banking records, dealing the latest blow to the president in his bid to battle Democratic investigations into his personal finances.
The decision in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York could clear the way for Deutsche Bank and Capital One to hand over the president’s financial records to Democrats in the House. Trump’s attorneys could appeal the decision.
Attorneys for Trump, his family and the Trump Organization filed for a preliminary injunction earlier this month as part of a lawsuit seeking to block the two institutions from handing over documents to the House Financial Services and Intelligence committees.
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“There will be no way to unring the bell once the Banks give Congress the requested information,” William S. Consovoy, Patrick Strawbridge and Marc Mukasey wrote. “The Committees will have reviewed confidential documents that this Court may later determine were illegally subpoenaed.”
But U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos said Wednesday that Trump’s lawsuit was unlikely to succeed. .........................
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