Attorneys representing the U.S. House of Representatives said Friday that a request from President Donald Trump to have two weeks notice before a New York state law is used to disclose his tax returns to federal lawmakers was “astounding” and urged a federal judge to reject it.

Such a request, they claimed, has never been granted in court against a member of Congress. That shouldn’t change in this case, they argued.

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