Judge rules Democrats can have only limited access to former President Trump's financial records.
U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta said the House Oversight and Reform Committee can proceed with a subpoena to get documents from Mazars, the accounting firm, to examine the nature of Trump's federal lease for a hotel in Washington. The committee can also get financial records to look at whether Trump's income on overseas properties violated the Constitution's ban on foreign emoluments.
that a president's records were beyond the reach of Congress. But that ruling last year said lower courts must be respectful of separation of powers issues in demanding documents from a president. Mehta said a congressional subpoena for the records of a former president does not need to meet as high a legal standard as would apply to someone still in office. The current demand for documents"seeks only President Trump's personal records, so it imposes no burden on the sitting president."
The House Oversight Committee originally acted after Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified that"Mr. Trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes."
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