DOJ Must Take Position In Trump Bid To Shut Down House Probe, Court Says
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Josh Kovensky
July 15, 2019 10:45 am
An appeals court on Monday ordered the Justice Department to state its position in a case that President Trump filed to shut down a House investigation of his finances.
The government must file an amicus brief by Aug. 6, the court said, in a case where Trump hired personal attorneys to prevent his longtime accountant from complying with a Congressional subpoena for his financial records.
After a D.C. federal judge upheld the subpoena, Trump filed an appeal.
During oral arguments on Friday, judges at the D.C. appeals court repeatedly questioned the President’s personal attorney William Consovoy about whether his representation of Trump extended to the President in his official capacity.
Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-justice-department-mazars
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