A district judge announced Tuesday that he would not rule on a House Ways and Means lawsuit to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, saying that he wants to wait for an appeals court decision related to congressional subpoenas before he renders his decision.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in Washington, in a bulletin, wrote that “this case is hereby stayed pending a decision” by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on whether former White House lawyer Don McGahn should testify to Congress as part of the impeachment effort against the president. The Trump-appointed judge’s announcement came after he had a phone conference with lawyers in the case, and his notice about the call in the bulletin didn’t provide further details.
