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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Law Requiring Disclosure of Tax Returns

posted onSeptember 20, 2019
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Article snippet: U.S. District Judge Morrison England Jr. issued the order Thursday, citing the “irreparable harm without temporary relief” that the California law would cause on presidential and gubernatorial candidates. He indicated that a final ruling is forthcoming: The Los Angeles Times reports: The news follows Trump’s lawyers filing a lawsuit on the president’s behalf in the U.S. District Court in New York Thursday against the accounting firm Mazars USA and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. Vance issued a subpoena demanding the release of eight years of Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns as part of an investigation into the Trump Organization and the “hush-money” payments made by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. “In response to the subpoenas issued by the New York County District Attorney, we have filed a lawsuit this morning in Federal Court on behalf of the President in order to address the significant constitutional issues at stake in this case,” Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement Thursday. Link to the full article to read more

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