10 May 2019 8:05 pm
OOOPS!
Looks like the orange skidmark's plans to stonewall everything in order to run out the clock until 2020 might not work out so well for him.
Looks like the orange skidmark's plans to stonewall everything in order to run out the clock until 2020 might not work out so well for him.
Federal judge to fast-track ruling on House subpoena for Trump accounting records.
A federal judge will fast-track a decision on President Trump’s bid to quash a House subpoena for financial records from his accounting firm, saying he will decide the full case, not just whether to temporarily block the subpoena while the case proceeds, after a hearing Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta made his announcement Thursday in a brief notice to both sides after receiving a first round of written arguments in the case.
The lawsuit was brought April 22 by Trump and several of his businesses against House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) and Trump’s accounting firm.
“The sole question before the court — Is the House Oversight Committee’s issuance of a subpoena to Mazars USA LLP for financial records of President Donald Trump and various associated entities a valid exercise of legislative power? — is fully briefed, and the court can discern no benefit from an additional round of legal arguments,” Mehta said.
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The announcement means that any appeal of a decision in the case could reach an appeals court by the summer.