Trump’s tax returns can now be obtained by lawmakers thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Republican former president, who had argued that the Democratic-led congressional panel’s request was politically motivated, was defeated on Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s tax returns could be released to the committee.

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The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s emergency request on October 31 to stay a lower court’s decision upholding a request for tax records by the House Ways and Means Committee as a legitimate part of the panel’s legislative work while his attorneys prepared an appeal. No justice openly disagreed with the judgment.

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As he presses forward with a second bid for the president in 2024, Trump faces many legal issues, including the dispute over the committee’s request. Trump announced the beginning of his campaign last week.
The order from Chief Justice John Roberts that had effectively put the case on hold and stopped the panel from getting the Trump returns while the court deliberated its next course of action was replaced by one from Tuesday.

Trump, who wanted to conceal the specifics of his riches and the operations of his real estate firm, the Trump Organization, was the first president in forty years to refuse to release his tax returns.

Siding with Trump would undermine the constitutional authority of a coequal branch of government, the Ways and Means panel argued in a legal filing to the Supreme Court, “by effectively preventing Congress from concluding any investigation involving a former president whenever there are allegations that the investigation was politically motivated.”

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