Court assesses access to Donald Trump’s finances in landmark case
After losing in a lower court, Donald Trump’s lawyers want the supreme court to agree to his financial records not being released
12 May 2020 - 17:03
Washington — US supreme court justices pressed a lawyer for US President Donald Trump to justify his bid to block Democrat-led congressional committees from getting access to his financial records in a major showdown over presidential powers, on Tuesday.
The nine justices kicked off a scheduled one-hour argument over attempts by House of Representatives committees to obtain the records in a pair of cases that test the authority of Congress to conduct oversight of the president...
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