Appeals Court Orders Trump to Turn Over Taxes to Prosecutor

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Oct. 4, 2020. Tia Dufour/The White House via AP

President Donald Trump’s accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Oct. 7 in a decision that likely sets up a second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan in a 3–0 ruling rejected the argument by Trump’s lawyers that a subpoena issued by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. was overbroad and issued in bad faith.