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Federal Judge Rules NY Prosecutors Can Subpoena Trump’s Tax Records

HeadlineAug 21, 2020

Here in New York, a federal judge ruled Thursday that a Manhattan prosecutor can subpoena Donald Trump’s tax records, rejecting the president’s claim that the request amounted to unlawful “harassment.” District Attorney Cy Vance is seeking eight years of Trump’s tax records as part of an investigation into hush-money payments doled out by Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen ahead of the 2016 election.

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