A federal judge agreed today to give Democrats a week to decide how they want to proceed in their lawsuit for President Donald Trump’s tax returns, in the wake of a recent ruling in a similar case that lawmakers don’t have the power to sue the executive branch.

At a hearing, District Judge Trevor McFadden said that decision was a significant problem for Democrats’ tax-return case, though he stopped short of suggesting it is fatal, as he agreed to their pleas for more time.


Democrats said they intend to appeal as soon as Friday a decision by a panel of appeals court judges last week that Democrats don’t have the right to sue to try to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before Congress.