President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit challenging a subpoena demanding the release of his personal and corporate tax returns.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office issued a grand jury subpoena demanding eight years of Trump’s tax returns from Mazars USA, the firm providing accounting services to the President and the Trump Organization.
In response to the subpoena, the accounting firm said it “will respect the legal process and fully comply with its legal obligations.”
Trump argues the grand jury subpoena is unconstitutional
In the complaint, obtained by CNN, Trump’s lawyers argued that “all legal commenters agree that a sitting President of the United States is not subject to the criminal process while he is in office.”
They alleged that the subpoena to Mazars USA is “unconstitutional” because it is part of a criminal investigation against the President by the DA’s office. They requested the federal court in New York to “declare the subpoena invalid and enjoin its enforcement” until the end of Trump’s presidency.
