Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked the House Ways and Means Committee from viewing Donald Trump’s tax returns Tuesday.
The decision follows Trump’s request that the Supreme Court block the committee from viewing the records, and will provide the court time to consider Trump’s emergency appeal, according to Axios. Previously, On Oct. 27, a three-judge panel on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s request to block the tax returns pushing him to file the emergency appeal in the Supreme Court, CNN reported. (RELATED: Trump Asks Supreme Court To Shield His Tax Returns From House Democrats)
“It is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court,” Roberts wrote according to Axios. Roberts gave the committee until Nov. 10 to file a response to Trump’s request.
The document requested that the Supreme Court temporarily halt on the effort to review six years of tax returns and files in connection to Trump and eight of his businesses. The filing argued that the committee’s request is politically influenced and attacks the separation of powers by the legislative branch.
JUST IN: Chief Justice Roberts grants Trump temporary stay on release of tax records to congressional committee. Asks for response from committee by Thursday
— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) November 1, 2022
“If allowed to stand, it will undermine the separation of powers and render the office of the Presidency vulnerable to invasive information demands from political opponents in the legislative branch,” the document read. “Review is of the utmost importance, and the Court should preserve its ability to grant it—not just to one ‘particular President,’ but also for ‘the Presidency itself.’”
“The Ways and Means Committee maintains the law is on our side, and will file a timely response as requested,” committee spokesperson Dylan Peachey said. “Chairman Neal looks forward to the Supreme Court’s expeditious consideration.”
The House Ways and Means Committee and Trump did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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