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November 5, 2019

Court Rejects Trump's Efforts to Fight NY Subpoena for Tax Returns
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A federal appeals court has rejected President Trump's efforts to fight
a New York grand jury subpoena for his tax returns. New York prosecutors
have subpoenaed for eight years of Trump's tax records as part of an
investigation into hush-money payments doled out by Trump's former fixer
and personal attorney Michael Cohen ahead of the 2016 election. Cohen
says Trump personally directed him to pay hush money to adult film star
Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen Mc Dougal during the 2016
campaign. Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for tax
evasion, bank fraud and lying to Congress.


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