The Second Circuit Court of Appeals will not issue a preliminary injunction that would have allowed President Donald Trump to keep his tax returns from a subpoena that was issued by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and his personal attorney said the matter will now rest in the hands of the Supreme Court.
“The decision of the Second Circuit will be taken to the Supreme Court. The issue raised in this case goes to the heart of our Republic. The constitutional issues are significant,” Jay Sekulow, counsel to the president, said in a statement to news outlets shortly after the Second Court rendered its decision.
The president’s team has said they are attempting to shield tax returns from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, headed by Cyrus Vance Jr., who is investigating payments made to two women.
Trump had sued Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. in September over a subpoena that was sent to Trump’s accounting company, Mazars USA, for eight years of tax returns. Vance is seeking eight years’ worth of Trump’s tax returns.
It added, “Instead, after reviewing historical and legal precedent, we conclude only that presidential immunity does not bar the enforcement of a state grand jury subpoena directing a third party to produce non-privileged material, even when the subject matter under investigation pertains to the president.”
Amid the grappling over his tax returns, last month, Trump said that what is happening to him is unprecedented.
In early October, the Department of Justice also wrote in a court filing that it supports President Trump’s lawsuit looking for relief from a subpoena issued by Vance, a Democrat.
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