NEW YORK, May 22 - U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization on Wednesday lost their bid to block Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp from providing financial records to Democratic lawmakers investigating Trump's businesses.
Republican Trump, who is seeking re-election next year, has aggressively sought to defy congressional oversight of his administration since Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January. The subpoena on Capital One seeks records related to multiple entities tied to the Trump Organization's hotel business. In March, before issuing their subpoena, Democratic lawmakers asked Capital One for documents concerning potential conflicts of interest tied to Trump's Washington hotel and other business interests since he became president in January 2017.
"The subpoenas were issued to harass President Donald J. Trump, to rummage through every aspect of his personal finances, his businesses, and the private information of the President and his family," the complaint said. "We remain committed to providing appropriate information to all authorized investigations and will abide by a court order regarding such investigations," Deutsche Bank said in a statement ahead of the hearing.Representative Maxine Waters, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, told reporters after the lawsuit was filed that Trump had"cast a gauntlet.""We will fight him," she said.
Didn’t he just say he’s the most transparent president ever? He should not have a problem here.
newclyde2 Liberal judges. Let me guess, 9th circuit?. Time for term limits on circuit court judges.
The irony here is sweet. Judge Ramos was born in Puerto Rico & Judge Mehta (who issued Monday’s decision upholding a subpoena issued to Trump’s accountants) is an immigrant from India (which might or might not be one of the “shithole” countries realDonaldTrump complained about).