The latest in the fight for Trump’s tax returns:
President Donald Trump’s attorneys asked a federal judge Wednesday to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the House’s top tax writer from asking New York officials to turn over the president’s state tax returns.in the District of Columbia on Tuesday to keep House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal from taking advantage of a New York law that would give him access to the state returns upon request. New York officials are also named in the suit.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.After the administration refused to honor a subpoena by Neal for Trump's federal returns, New York enacted a law that would allow officials there to turn over his state returns to Ways and Means and two other congressional committees with jurisdiction over tax issues at the request of their respective chairs.
The attorneys said the restraining order should remain in place until Neal notifies Trump and the court that he intends to seek the president’s state returns from New York and the court rules on its legality.
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