Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump on Friday lost his appeal to stop a House subpoena of his tax documents from his longtime accountant Mazars USA. In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower court ruling saying the firm must turn over eight years of accounting records.
It's the first major case at the appeals court level in the ongoing standoff between the House and Trump. The President has lost all of his challenges so far that have been decided at the trial court level to stop House subpoenas. Trump may appeal to the Supreme Court to stop Mazars, but courts including the Supreme Court previously have refused to curtail Congress' subpoena power.
The appeals court broadly supported the House's power to subpoena information about Trump as it investigates him and considers laws in response, calling the subpoena "valid and enforceable." "A congressional committee, as committees have done repeatedly over the past two centuries, issued an investigative subpoena, and the target of that subpoena, questioning the committee's legislative purpose, has asked a court to invalidate it," the majority opinion states. "The fact that the subpoena in this case seeks information that concerns the President of the United States adds a twist, but not a surprising one."
Judges David Tatel, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, wrote the majority opinion, joined by Judge Patricia Millett, an appointee of President Barack Obama. Trump appointee Judge Neomi Rao dissented. Though the court's decision was split, the case is widely considered to be a tough one for Trump, even with support from the Justice Department.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/politics/trump-mazars-appeal-decision/index.html
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BREAKING: Appeals Court has REJECTED Trump's appeal of the House Oversight Committee's subpoena for his financial records.
Big win for House Democrats.
7:05 AM - 11 Oct 2019
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In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower court ruling saying the firm must turn over eight years of accounting records.
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Not sure how they would work it if for jurisdiction for the appeal and whether they go by the firm location or where the suit was originally filed. Since this case is with respect to a Congressional subpoena, I would think it would be the D.C. route.
I know there is a parallel case in NY with a request for the returns from the Manhattan DA and I think that one has been running in SDNY and would probably use the 2nd Circuit.
And I know that *I* have to remember which "taxes" case is being referenced in the news articles!!!!! 
The NY case had a stay put on it after the 75-page ruling from the District Court demanding the taxes be handed over to Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance, Jr., but am not sure for how long that was supposed to be in effect (haven't followed up on it).
than yours or my problem.
We gotta get the legalities straight, and so do media.
claiming that the House really hasn't "invovked the impeachment power". 
I stopped reading after that.
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2019/images/10/11/opinion.mazars.pdf
This is an example of an "activist judge" who blindly rules by talking point.
based on previous court decisions, including at the SCOTUS level, all have said that Congress makes its own "rules" for their day-to-day operation and the courts should not get involved in interpreting Congressional rules. So when the Speaker of the House announces that the House is "officially" engaged in an "impeachment inquiry", then that means that it IS "officially engaged in an impeachment inquiry". It doesn't mean a judge should intervene and insist on manufacturing a House rule for the convenience of amplifying a talking point to help a President obstruct a lawful investigation.
Mahalo, BRDS!
ready to fire somebody!
Same idiocy about being completely immune from any prosecution for anything from anyone.
