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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Subpoena for His Tax Returns

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court
   to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president's
   ability to defy investigations.

   The filing set the stage for a high-court showdown over the tax returns
   Trump has refused to release, unlike every other modern president. The
   justices also could weigh in more broadly on Trump's claim that sitting
   presidents can't be prosecuted or investigated for crimes.

   The subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney is seeking Trump's
   taxreturns backto 2011 from his accounting firm as part of a criminal
   investigation.

   Trump wants the court to decide the case by late June, under a deal to
   keep the district attorney from enforcing the subpoena in the meantime.
   The justices may not decide whether to hear the case for at least
   another month.

   Second case

   A second, similar case is headed to the court over a House committee
   subpoena demanding Trump's financial records from the same accounting
   firm. The president has lost both cases at each step of the judicial
   process so far.

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