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Supreme Court to Hear Cases Involving Trump's Financial Records

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   The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday on appeals
   of three lower court decisions involving subpoenas of President Donald
   Trump'stax andfinancial records.

   Trump filed legal challenges to subpoenasissued last yearby several
   House of Representatives committeesanda New York district attorney.

   The subpoenas seek financial information fromtheaccounting firm Mazars
   as well asDeutsche Bank and Capital One.

   Trump has sought to keep his personal and corporate financial
   information private, including breaking with decades of tradition of
   presidential candidates releasing tax returns. Lower court decisions
   have so far gone against Trump, but the records have remained private
   pending the Supreme Court appeal.

   The records requests focus on two issues. One issue is the work of
   congressional committees to examine unlawful activity in the banking
   system such as money laundering, whether there is adequate regulation
   and if new legislation is needed.

   The other issue is the examination of Trump and his business in
   connection with payments made to Trump's former personal lawyer Michael
   Cohen to prevent two women from publicly discussing their claims of
   having extramarital affairs with Trump.

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