Back in March, a Washington Post exposé revealed that for many years, Donald Trump sent out financial statements that included lies so obvious that his accountants at Mazars USA put a warning label on them. Full of blatant, absurd attempts to exaggerate his wealth—adding 10 stories to Trump Tower, inventing an extra 800 acres at his Virginia vineyard—Mazars’ documents made sure to note that the figures were neither verified nor audited, and that readers “should recognize that they might reach different conclusions about the financial condition of Donald J. Trump” if they had more information, like that he was a pathological liar. So it wasn’t at all surprising that, after House Democrats subpoenaed the accounting firm for everything it had on Trump, the former real-estate developer immediately sued to keep the information under lock and key. Unfortunately for a man who’s at least acting like he has something to hide, Judge Amit P. Mehta was unmoved by the argument that the House Oversight Committee’s demands were overly broad and served no legitimate legislative function. On Monday night, Mehta ruled that Mazars must turn over the records, writing, “It is simply not fathomable that a Constitution that grants Congress the power to remove a President for reasons including criminal behavior would deny Congress the power to investigate him for unlawful conduct—past or present—even without formally opening an impeachment inquiry.”

Trump, of course, offered the measured legal analysis that the move was “crazy,” telling supporters at a rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, “We think it’s totally the wrong decision by, obviously, an Obama-appointed judge.” Approximately 12 hours later, his lawyers appealed the decision, saying they plan to challenge “all aspects” of Mehta’s ruling. And when they do, they’ll be greeted by a familiar face!

Merrick Garland is currently the chief judge at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, where President Trump’s legal battle will head next as the president’s attorneys attempt to reverse the earlier court ruling in favor of Congress. Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2016 following the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. But congressional Republicans stonewalled his nomination process until after the election, arguing that the incoming president should be the one to nominate a judge to the lifelong position.