Lawyers Spar Over Trump Tax Return FOIA Suit at DC Circuit
At least one D.C. Circuit judge appeared skeptical of the DOJ argument that EPIC, the advocacy group seeking Trump's tax returns, hadn't completed its Freedom of Information Act request.
September 13, 2018 at 03:33 PM
3 minute read
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer told a D.C. appeals court Thursday that an advocacy group seeking President Donald Trump's tax returns hadn't “perfected” its open records request, but at least one judge on the panel appeared skeptical.
Attorneys for the advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center and the DOJ sparred before the three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as part of EPIC's continued bid to force the IRS to hand over Trump's tax returns. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia tossed its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year, a ruling Epic appealed.
Michael Murray, a DOJ lawyer who argued on behalf of the IRS, urged the panel to keep the lower court ruling intact, insisting EPIC had not exhausted all remedies when it sought Trump's tax returns through a Freedom of Information Act request.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Trending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 2Wine, Dine and Grind (Through the Weekend): Summer Associates Thirst For Experience in 'Real Matters'
- 3The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- 4BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
- 5First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Contraceptive Depo-Provera Caused Brain Tumor
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250