Court Rejects Trump's Appeal in Fight Over Financial Records

President expected to appeal to Supreme Court
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Nov 14, 2019 2:38 AM CST
Court Rejects Trump's Appeal in Fight Over Financial Records
President Trump listens during a news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington.   (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A federal appeals court will not take up President Trump’s appeal of a ruling that his accounting firm must turn over financial records to Congress. The order was handed down Wednesday by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It is almost certain that Trump will appeal to the Supreme Court, the AP reports. A three-judge appellate panel rejected Trump’s arguments last month after the president’s lawyers went to court to prevent Mazars USA from turning over the records. But Trump petitioned for the full court to reconsider the case. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform subpoenaed records from Mazars in April. They include documents from 2011 to 2018 that the House wants for investigation into the president's reporting of his finances and potential conflicts of interest. (More President Trump stories.)

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