President Trump failed to convince the full D.C. U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a decision upholding a congressional subpoena of his tax returns, setting the stage for a potential Supreme Court showdown over the issue.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court previously upheld the subpoena, which was issued to Trump’s accounting firm Mazars by the House Oversight Committee in April.
Trump had appealed that decision en banc — meaning to the entire appeals court — and by a 8-3 vote, the full D.C. Circuit declined to take up the case.
The full appeals court had said earlier in the litigation that it would pause its ultimate order for seven days to give Trump time to appeal it to the Supreme Court. Trump brought the lawsuit against Mazars in his personal capacity.
The three appellate judges who would have reviewed the cased were all Republican appointees, and two of them were Trump appointees who previously worked in the Trump administration.
Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow told the Washington Post Wednesday evening that Trump “will be seeking review at the Supreme Court.”
In a statement, the acting Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) praised the appeals court’s move, and called on Trump to stop “blocking Mazars from complying with the Committee’s lawful subpoena.”
Read the order with the dissents below:
