JUST IN: Federal judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against New York officials and House committee, issuing another blow to Pres. Trump and his ongoing effort to avoid having his tax records turned over to Congress.
U.S. Judge Carl Nichols granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that Trump filed in July over the TRUST Act in New York, which gave Congress the authority to retrieve tax information from New York residents.
The president's lawsuit named the House Ways and Means Committee, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, Michael Schmidt. ABC News reported at the time that Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has hesitated to use the new law to request the president's state returns.
Nichols wrote that"such a speculative statement" about Rep. Richard Neal's"interest in utilizing" the TRUST Act"does not satisfy" the court.
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