Trump asks Supreme Court to block House Democrats from getting tax returns - Axios

Former President Trump connected Monday filed an exigency exertion asking the Supreme Court to temporarily artifact a House committee from obtaining his taxation returns.

The large picture: Trump has been warring for years to artifact the merchandise of his taxation returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.

• His petition comes aft a national appeals tribunal past week declined the erstwhile president's petition to artifact the merchandise of his taxation returns, CNN reports.

Driving the news: "This lawsuit raises important questions astir the separation of powers that volition impact each aboriginal President," Trump said successful the filing.

• The filing argues that the House committee is seeking his taxation returns solely for the intent of "releasing the President's taxation accusation to the public."
• "The Committee's intent successful requesting President Trump’s taxation returns has thing to bash with backing oregon staffing issues astatine the [Internal Revenue Service]," per the filing.
• "No Congress has ever wielded its legislative powers to request a President’s taxation returns," Trump's squad wrote.
• Trump asked the tribunal to "grant an administrative stay" connected the taxation returns by Wednesday "and past to enactment the issuance of the mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari," per the filing.

What to watch: If Republicans triumph power of the House successful adjacent week's midterm elections, they could scrap the Ways and Means Committee's yearslong effort to get Trump's taxation returns, CNBC notes.

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