Congressional Democrats waiting to see the tax returns of former President Donald Trump will have to wait a little longer.
On Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order putting on hold an appellate court ruling that would have given the Democrat-dominated House Ways and Means Committee access to Trump’s taxes.
Democrats, who have been seeking access to the documents, could have had them as early as Thursday, according to Axios.
The order does not mean that Trump will win his case, only that the court now has more time to consider the emergency appeal his attorneys filed Monday.
As noted by The Washington Post, Roberts is the justice assigned to hear appeals from the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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As the Post also pointed out, “time is not on the side of Democrats who run the committee. If the party loses control in next week’s midterm elections, as polling suggests, demand for the records surely will expire in January, when the new Congress is sworn in and control of the committee would change hands.”
In the emergency appeal filed with the court, Trump’s lawyers said the case “raises important questions about the separation of powers that will affect every future President.”
The appeal mocked the claim from the House panel that it was seeking the returns to learn more about auditing procedures for the returns of presidents and vice presidents.
“The Committee’s purpose in requesting President Trump’s tax returns has nothing to do with funding or staffing issues at the IRS and everything to do with releasing the President’s tax information to the public,” the appeal said.
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The appeal said that if the appellate court’s ruling against Trump is “allowed to stand, it will undermine the separation of powers and render the office of the Presidency vulnerable to invasive information demands from political opponents in the legislative branch.”
The appeal hammered away at the political…
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