US District Court Judge Carl Nichols acknowledged President Donald Trump's concerns that his New York state tax returns could be requested and provided before the courts have time to consider constitutional and other legal issues with the request.

But he also gave a nod to arguments from the House Ways and Means Committee, and the state of New York, about what type of review from the courts is even appropriate in the circumstances.

So Nichols ordered attorneys for the three parties to meet and propose a solution by 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

He was particularly critical of the committee's insistence that it had an absolute right to make the requests.

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