The US Supreme Court agreed to hear next year’s cases involving the release of the tax returns and financial records of President Donald Trump, setting the stage for a potential blockbuster ruling during the presidential election campaign.

In cases brought to the House of Representatives by New York prosecutors and Democratic-controlled panels, Trump tried to block access to his tax returns and other documents. Lower courts ruled that Trump had to hand over the files, but the president’s attorneys appealed to the highest court of the country, claiming that he had blanket immunity as chief executive.

“We are pleased that the US Supreme Court granted review of the president’s three pending cases,” Jay Sekulow, Trump’s personal attorney, said in a statement. “These cases raise significant constitutional issues.

“We look forward to presenting our written and oral arguments.”

The Supreme Court where conservative judges are in the lead. They said it will hear the case in March with a decision to be released before the court session ends June 30. Two of the nine member court’s 5 conservative judges — Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh were named by Trump. They made millions in real estate until running for president in 2016.

A case decision by the U.S. Supreme Court will come less than 6 months before Americans go to November’s polls.

Federal Court Appeals Trump to Turn Over Files

Donald Trump is the first US President since Richard Nixon not to publish his tax returns. He claimed that the Internal Revenue Service is auditing them. Democrats in the House of Representatives have taken to the courts. This is to compel the publication of their tax returns and other documents.

The committees released subpoenas for documents from Deutsche Bank. The accounting firm of the president, Mazars USA, in those cases.

A federal court of appeal decided that Trump must turn over the files. But his lawyers appealed that he needs both prosecution and investigative protection. Trump’s lawyers in the New York case said the Constitution provides for impeachment as a remedy for removing a president.

“A lone county prosecutor cannot circumvent this arrangement,” they said. “That the Constitution would empower thousands of state and local prosecutors to embroil the President in criminal proceedings is unimaginable.”

Trump is facing impeachment. Next week the House of Representatives will vote. It will decide whether to impeach him or not.

Trump’s lawyers argued in the cases. He said congressional committees that handing over the personal records of a president to Congress would create a dangerous precedent.

“Given the temptation to dig up dirt on political rivals, intrusive subpoenas into personal lives of Presidents will become our new normal,” they said.

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