BREAKING: US Supreme Court agrees Friday to consider President Trump's appeal of lower court orders, now on hold, that require his banks and accountants to turn over financial records to the US House and local prosecutors in New York.
By granting review of these cases now, the justices made it possible for them to be heard during the current court term, most likely in March, with a decision by the end of June — just as the general election campaign heats up.The court will decide whether President Trump's accounting firm must respond to a grand jury subpoena obtained by the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance.
It will also take up the court battles over subpoenas issued by House committees seeking financial documents from his accountants and two banks, Deutsche Bank and Capital One.Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.
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