Trump filed emergency request to stay execution of lower court ruling against former Republican president
The American former president Donald Trump today asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in its fight to prevent a House Committee to access his tax returnsciting political motives.
Trump submitted urgent request for a stay of execution of a lower court ruling against the Republican ex-president, which upheld a request by the Democratic-majority House Media and Resources Committee to obtain the tax records. The lower court ruling says the commission’s access to Trump’s tax returns is part of its legislative work.
The Trump’s lawyers are preparing to appeal in the decision.
“If allowed to stand, it would undermine the separation of powers and make the presidency vulnerable to intrusive intelligence demands from political opponents in the legislature,” Trump’s lawyers wrote, referring to the separation of powers between his three branches. American government.
The controversy surrounding the case dates back to 2019, when the Commission sued Trump to force him to release his tax returns. Trump was the first president for four decades who did not release his tax returnsas he aimed to keep the details of his fortune and the activities of his company, the Trump Organization, secret.
The Committee in its request cited a federal law that authorizes the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to request from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) any person’s tax returns.
House Democrats have argued they need Trump’s tax returns to determine whether the IRS is conducting proper audits of presidents’ tax returns and to assess whether new legislation is needed. Trump’s lawyers have called that explanation “pretentious” and “hypocritical,” saying the real goal is to uncover politically damaging information about Trump, who is considering a 2024 run for president.
US District Judge Trevor McFaden, a Trump appointee, ruled in favor of Congress in December 2021, ruling that the Commission has broad authority over a former president’s tax returns.
In August, the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia also ruled against Trump, concluding that “every president enters office knowing that he will be subject to the same laws as all other citizens when he leaves office.” The appeals court denied a review of the case on October 27.
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