12/13/2021

CONGRESS/INVESTIGATIONS: “A lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump urged a federal appeals court to quash a congressional subpoena seeking years of financial records from his accounting firm, arguing on Monday [December 13, 2021] that the demand is too broad and could open the door for lawmakers to routinely harass and intimidate future presidents…

The congressional oversight investigation grew out of Mr. Trump’s refusal to make his tax returns public when he ran for president and, once he was in office, his decision not to divest his business dealings or place them into a blind trust while he was president.”

-Charlie Savage, “Lawyers Clash Again Over Subpoena for Trump’s Financial Records,” nytimes.com, December 13, 2021