Trump's Justice Department Asks Judge to Block Subpoena for His Tax Returns
Source: New York Times
The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to temporarily block a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney that would require President Trump to turn over eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns. Mr. Trump has been fighting off an attempt by the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., to obtain his tax returns as it investigates hush-money payments made to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels.
After the subpoena was sent in late August, Mr. Trump’s lawyers made a sweeping — and untested — argument that a sitting president cannot be subjected to a criminal investigation, especially by local prosecutors. In its filing, Mr. Trump’s own Justice Department did not say whether it agreed with his position that presidents cannot be investigated. But citing “significant constitutional issues” raised by the president’s lawyers, the department said the court should stop enforcement of the subpoena while it takes time to consider the case.
The Justice Department is not part of the case but had told the judge it wanted to offer an opinion because of the importance of the constitutional questions. The department’s lawyers argued in the filing that a delay would not hurt Mr. Vance’s investigation but would prevent the “irreparable harm” they argued the president would suffer if he had to comply with the demand to turn over his tax returns and other financial information before his case was considered.
A spokesman for Mr. Vance could not immediately be reached for comment.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/nyregion/trump-taxes-lawsuit.html
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but it's all a matter of trying to throw up roadblocks any way they can. 
