{"id":634449,"date":"2021-08-11T18:05:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T22:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=634449"},"modified":"2021-08-11T18:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T22:05:46","slug":"democrats-can-have-access-to-only-some-of-trumps-financial-records-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-can-have-access-to-only-some-of-trumps-financial-records-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Can Have Access To Only Some Of Trump\u2019s Financial Records, Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-can-have-access-to-only-some-of-trumps-financial-records-judge-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=634449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has ruled that an accounting firm representing former President Donald Trump must hand over some, but not all, of his tax returns and other financial records to House Democrats investigating Trump and his business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta determined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21040030-trumphseosightrlg081121\">in a ruling<\/a> Wednesday that the House Oversight Committee can proceed with a subpoena to get financial records from Mazars, the accounting firm, but can only seek records from after Trump became president.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats are seeking Trump\u2019s financial records to assess whether he violated the Constitution\u2019s emoluments clauses by accepting payments from foreign governments, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/judge-hands-house-democrats-partial-victory-fight-trump-s-financial-n1276575\">reported<\/a>. The committee also wants to audit the lease granted to a Trump-owned business in 2013 to operate the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7258775\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7258775\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7258775 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: The Trump International Hotel is seen on June 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Trump Organization is attempting to sell the lease to the hotel after failing to in 2019 before the pandemic hit. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-181x120.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-620x411-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-768x509-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-1536x1018-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1321344511-2048x1357-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7258775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Trump International Hotel is seen on June 02, 2021 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mehta said the committee\u2019s subpoena to get financial records dating back to 2011 seemed to exceed the scope of its authority, noting that Trump did not become president until 2017 and thus could not have received any prohibited emoluments before then.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the committee failed to demonstrate a specific need for documents related to Trump\u2019s financial disclosure obligation, writing that their request \u201cdoes not adequately explain why other sources of information \u2014 outside President Trump\u2019s personal papers \u2014 could not reasonably provide Congress the information it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in Congress have long tried to obtain Trump\u2019s tax returns and other financial records. The House Ways and Means Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/10\/house-subpoena-trump-tax-returns\/\">subpoenaed<\/a> the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service in 2019 to obtain the former president\u2019s last six tax returns. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/04\/trump-court-tax-returns-ways-and-means-congress-doj-treasury\/\">(RELATED: Trump Asks Court Not To Release Tax Returns To Congress)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/19pdf\/19-635_o7jq.pdf\">rejected<\/a> Trump\u2019s argument that Congress could not obtain a president\u2019s financial records in a 2019 ruling. But the ruling noted lower courts must be respectful of the separation of powers and issues in demanding such documents from a current or former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to its broad, invasive nature, the subpoena poses an appreciable risk to the separation of powers,\u201d Mehta wrote in Wednesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21040030-trumphseosightrlg081121\">ruling<\/a>, appearing to concur with the Supreme Court. \u201cIn the current polarized political climate, it is not difficult to imagine the incentives a Congress would have to threaten or influence a sitting President with a similarly robust subpoena.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7258773\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7258773\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7258773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233319569-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 7: Committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) gavels in a hearing of the House Oversight Committee about infant deaths associated with the Rock &#039;n Play Sleeper sold by Fisher-Price, a subsidiary of Mattel, on Capitol Hill June 7, 2021 in Washington. A House Oversight Committee report released on Monday stated that Fisher-Price ignored safety issues with their Rock &#039;n Play sleeper. Over the past ten years, the product has been linked more than 30 infant deaths. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233319569-scaled.jpg 8245w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233319569-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233319569-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233319569-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233319569-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8245px) 100vw, 8245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7258773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) gavels in a hearing of the House Oversight Committee on June 7, 2021 on Capitol Hill (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>House Oversight Committee chairwoman, Democratic New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, acknowledged the mixed ruling in a statement Wednesday and suggested the committee may appeal the decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/08\/11\/judge-sides-with-house-democrats-on-some-trump-financial-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Roll Call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it is disappointing that the Court, despite finding that the entire subpoena served valid legislative purposes, narrowed the subpoena in some respects, the Committee is actively considering next steps,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>An aide to Trump, on the other hand, said the former president\u2019s team will continue their court battle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/trump-taxes-house-subpoeana-503800\">according<\/a> to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be appealing, like we have been for about six years,\u201d the aide said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has ruled that an accounting firm representing former President Donald Trump must hand over some, but not all, of his tax returns and other financial records to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}