DA Vance 'still fishing for ways to justify' harassment of Trump over tax records, lawyers claim
on Monday accused Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. of "still fishing for a way to justify his harassment of the President" in a court battle over Trump's income tax records.Vance's recent request that the judge dismiss Trump's challenge to a grand jury subpoena
A spokesman for Vance, when asked for comment on the filing by Trump's lawyers, said, "We will respond in court papers." His office in that filing said the lawsuit "merely regurgitates allegations and arguments this Court has rejected before." Trump's lawyers, in their rebuttal filed Monday, themselves suggested that Vance was trying to short circuit that case by improperly asking Marrero to dismiss the lawsuit quickly after ruling on "factual disputes over the scope of the investigation and the reason why he copied a congressional subpoena" that sought the same information sought by the grand jury's subpoena.
"Yet the District Attorney's motion heavily relies on a declaration submitted by a member of his staff and an assortment of newspaper articles. In short, the District Attorney inappropriately asks this Court to ignore the Federal Rules at every turn." "If anything, it shows that the District Attorney is still fishing for a way to justify his harassment of the President.""The President plausibly alleges that the subpoena is overbroad and was issued in bad faith. That is the only issue before the Court at this stage. The District Attorney's attempt to prematurely litigate the merits at the pleadings stage, including his reliance on extrinsic evidence, should be rejected.
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