New York Is Barred, for Now, From Handing Over Trump's State Tax Returns
Trump's suing New York and House Democrats in DC federal district court to block any disclosure of his state tax returns. His case tests New York's "Trust Act."
August 01, 2019 at 06:01 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily barred New York officials from any effort to release President Donald Trump’s state tax returns to U.S. House Democrats while the state and lawyers for the president fight over whether the Washington trial court is the proper venue for the dispute.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols of the District of Columbia said this week that Trump’s lawsuit against New York and the House Ways and Means Committee presented a “conundrum.” House Democrats have not yet made the request that Trump is suing to block. Still, Nichols sympathized with the president’s concern that House Democrats could ask for the tax returns at any moment and New York could turn them over without any notice.
Nichols largely adopted a proposal that New York floated to him earlier in the week.
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