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September 17, 2019

Manhattan DA Subpoenas Trump Tax Returns
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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has subpoenaed President Trump's
accounting firm Mazars USA for eight years of Trump's "personal and
corporate tax returns." New York City prosecutors are investigating hush
money payments made to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential
campaign and whether the reimbursements made to Michael Cohen, Trump's
former lawyer and fixer, were illegally accounted for as a legal
expense. Trump has refused to release his tax records, claiming for
years he is under audit. House Democrats have attempted to obtain his
federal tax returns via subpoena from the Treasury Department and IRS
but have so far been unsuccessful.


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