U.S. Judge Carl Nichols granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that Trump filed in July to sue House Committee, NY AG, in ongoing effort to block access to his tax records.
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VietPress USA (Nov. 11, 2019): According to ABC News, "On July 23, 2019, Trump sues House Committee, NY AG, in ongoing effort to block access to his tax records.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed another lawsuit in his ongoing effort to block a congressional committee from accessing his tax records, this time targeting authorities in his home state.
This latest suit names the House Ways and Means Committee, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, Michael Schmidt.
Earlier this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into a law the TRUST Act, which would authorize the state's Department of Taxation and Finance to share state tax return information with a requesting congressional committee.
"Like House Democrats, Democratic officials in New York have used every tool at their disposal to expose the president's private financial information," lawyers for Trump wrote in their complaint. "And like House Democrats, their goal is to retaliate against President Trump and damage him politically."
ABC News has reported that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., has hesitated to use the new law to request the president's state returns, but in their complaint, the president's lawyers claim that Neal has "expressed a renewed interest in utilizing" the statute.
The president's legal team argues that the committee has "no legitimate legislative purpose" in requesting the president's state tax returns and asks the court to keep the state and Congress from accessing his state returns."
But today on Monday Nov. 11, 2019, U.S. Judge Carl Nichols granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that Trump filed in July over the TRUST Act in New York, which gave Congress the authority to retrieve tax information from New York residents.
In granting the dismissal, he noted that the president, "has not met his burden of establishing personal jurisdiction over either of the New York Defendants."
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Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against NY officials, House committee over taxes
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against NY officials, House committee over taxes originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
A federal judge on Monday issued another blow to President Donald Trump and his ongoing effort to avoid having his tax records turned over to Congress.
U.S. Judge Carl Nichols granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that Trump filed in July over the TRUST Act in New York, which gave Congress the authority to retrieve tax information from New York residents.
In granting the dismissal, he noted that the president, "has not met his burden of establishing personal jurisdiction over either of the New York Defendants."
(MORE: Trump sues House Committee, NY AG, in ongoing effort to block access to his tax records)
The president's lawsuit named the House Ways and Means Committee, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, Michael Schmidt. ABC News reported at the time that Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has hesitated to use the new law to request the president's state returns.
In their complaint, Trump's lawyers claimed that Neal had "expressed a renewed interest in utilizing" the statute.
Nichols wrote that "such a speculative statement" about Rep. Richard Neal's "interest in utilizing" the TRUST Act "does not satisfy" the court.
Shortly after the judge issued his ruling, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement applauding the decision.
"We have said all along that this lawsuit should be dismissed and we are pleased with the court’s conclusion," James said. "The TRUST Act is an important tool that will ensure accountability to millions of Americans who deserve to know the truth. We have never doubted that this law was legal, which is why we vigorously defended it from the start and will continue to do so."
In response, the president's personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, downplayed the implications of the ruling.
(MORE: House Democrats sue Trump administration for president's tax returns)
"Regarding the tax case out of DC -- we are reviewing the opinion," Sekulow said. "The case against the Ways and Means Committee proceeds in federal court."
Sekulow was referring to a separate lawsuit with similar implications for the president' highly sought after tax information. The House Ways and Means Committee filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking six years of the president's tax returns. A judge has not yet ruled on that case.
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