US court dismisses Donald Trump’s efforts to block tax returns
The unanimous decision noted that Trump failed to show the subpoena served on him for his returns could not serve any investigative purpose
07 October 2020 - 18:01
New York — A US federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s effort to block Manhattan’s district attorney from obtaining eight years of his tax returns for a criminal probe into the US president and his businesses.
In a 3-0 decision, the second US circuit court of appeals in Manhattan rejected Trump’s accusations that a grand jury subpoena from Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance was overly broad, or issued in bad faith to harass him...
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