U.S. judge to rule by Tuesday morning whether to bar House from getting Trump's New York state tax [View all]

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Source: Washington Post

A federal judge said he will rule by Tuesday morning whether the House Ways and Means Committee must notify President Trump before requesting his New York state tax returns, even though the panel has not said whether it wants the records and the court has not ruled whether Trump can sue in federal court to shield them.

The potentially precedent-setting decision, pending before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols of Washington, comes after Nichols last week dismissed Trump’s attempt to prevent New York officials from using a recently enacted New York state law to release Trump’s returns.

New York state officials had agreed while that case was pending not to turn over Trump’s records any sooner than seven days after Nichols ruled on whether the Trump lawsuit should be heard before him or before a federal judge in New York.

Nichols concluded the latter on Nov. 11, dismissing the New York defendants and setting the seven-day clock running. Trump attorney William S. Consovoy then asked Nichols to rule on the president’s emergency motion to intervene before any congressional request, arguing that without action, New York might respond to a sudden House request before the president’s opposition could be heard in court.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-judge-to-rule-by-tuesday-morning-whether-to-bar-house-from-getting-trumps-new-york-state-tax-returns-without-notice/2019/11/18/b1788200-0a3f-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

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Full headline: U.S. judge to rule by Tuesday morning whether to bar House from getting Trump’s New York state tax returns without notice

This is yet another Committee case (House Ways and Means) - apparently having to do with his NY State tax returns (vs the federal tax returns). The other case that is more reported on is the House Oversight Committee and the SCOTUS administrative stay that just went into effect today.