Trump Appeals Court Ruling to Hand Over Some Tax Records to US Lawmakers

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Former US President Donald Trump submitted an appeal on Thursday to a ruling by a district court judge the previous day that authorised members of the US House Oversight and Reform Committee to access some of his tax records.

The appeal was sent to the District of Columbia Circuit of the US Court of Appeals on behalf of Trump himself, as well as the Trump Organization, Inc. and LLC, the Trump Corporation, DJT Holdings LLC, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust as well as the Trump Old Post Office LLC.

In a separate development, the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform appealed the court ruling that authorised its members to access only some of former President Donald Trump’s tax records, the court filing revealed on Thursday.

"Please take notice that Intervenor-Defendant the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the US House of Representatives hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the District Court’s memorandum opinion and order granting in part and denying in part Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and granting in part and denying in part the Committee’s cross-motion for summary judgment, which were issued on August 11, 2021," the court filing said.

On Wednesday, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Congress has authority under the Foreign Emoluments Clause to conduct oversight of federal lease agreements, allowing them to access some of Trump’s financial records for 2017 and 2018.

The lawsuit came as a result of an investigation launched by the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform in 2019. The Committee’s investigative demand for tax records has been met with opposition by Trump in court. The former US president has said Democrats continue their witch hunt against him and try to prevent him to run for office again.