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Richard Gonzales, NPR

Federal appeals court lets stand ruling that Congress can subpoena Trump tax returns

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President Trump greets members of Bikers for Trump and supporters in August 2018 at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed, among other tax records, those related to his Bedminster club.
President Trump greets members of Bikers for Trump and supporters in August 2018 at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed, among other tax records, those related to his Bedminster club.
Carolyn Kaster | AP

A U.S. appeals court opened the door for Congress to gain access to eight years of President Trump's tax records, setting the stage for a likely review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to re-visit an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel that allowed Congress to subpoena the president's tax records. The House Oversight and Reform Committee subpoenaed those records in March.

The divided three-judge panel ruled in October that the House had a legitimate legislative pursuit in seeking Trump's personal tax returns. The president's lawyers had asked that the full D.C. Circuit reconsider the case.

But Congress likely will not see those documents soon. The D.C Circuit already had said it would give the president seven days to file an appeal. Trump's outside legal counsel, Jay Sekulow, told NPR that he and his client "will be seeking review at the Supreme Court."

The president and his lawyers are also hoping to get the Supreme Court to block another, separate bid to get his tax returns.

A grand jury in New York is seeking those documents as part of an investigation into allegations that the president paid hush money to two women through his former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, prior to the 2016 election.

The D.C. Circuit voted 8-3 in favor of letting the earlier ruling stand. Seven of the eight judges were appointed by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, both Democrats. The eighth was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican.

The three dissenting judges — those who sided with the president — were all Republican appointees. Two were appointed by Trump and the third by President George H.W. Bush.

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