Judge: Treasury Department Must Tell Trump Before Releasing Tax Returns

Then-President Donald Trump speaks following the completion of a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas, on Jan. 12, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge said Friday that the Treasury Department must give former President Donald Trump notice before releasing his tax returns to Congress.

District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, ruled that Trump must be given 72 hours notice, according to an order filed on the court docket.