Trump Taxes: Justice Dept. Asks Judges to Block Subpoena

But the department did not agree with President Trump’s lawyers that a sitting president is immune from criminal investigation.

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Friday to stop the release of President Trump’s tax returns to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, arguing that local prosecutors should have to meet a very high legal bar before investigating a sitting president.

The filing meant Mr. Trump’s own Justice Department was lending support to his attempt to block a subpoena issued to his accounting firm for eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns.

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