State, Federal Investigators’ Bid for Trump’s Financial Records Heard by Supreme Court

State, Federal Investigators’ Bid for Trump’s Financial Records Heard by Supreme Court
President Donald Trump departs on travel to the Camp David presidential retreat from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, on May 1, 2020. Carlos Barria/Reuters
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court heard President Donald Trump’s long-awaited appeal of lower-court rulings ordering him to hand over private business papers and tax returns to investigators.

For more than three hours on May 12, six lawyers debated about Trump’s efforts to defend himself against historically unprecedented subpoenas from federal lawmakers and a local prosecutor in New York City against the head of the executive branch. The president sued several banks and an accounting firm he has patronized to prevent access to the documentation.