A federal appeals court revealed Thursday that Deutsche Bank does not have copies of President Donald Trump's tax returns that House Democrats are seeking in an investigation of his finances.

The disclosure came as judges ruled against a coalition of media companies that had asked the court to unseal an unredacted letter from Deutsche Bank identifying whose tax returns targeted by the House subpoenas were in its possession.


POLITICO was among the companies asking to unseal the document in the case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which is considering Trump's request to stop Deutsche and Capital One from releasing financial records sought by House Democrats.