U.S. SC Delays Handover Of Trump Tax Returns To House

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee, Mark Sherman reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Photo Insert: Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court (SC) time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday.

Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court (SC) time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday. Without court intervention, the tax returns could have been provided as early as Thursday by the Treasury Department to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee.

Roberts gave the committee until Nov. 10 to respond. The chief justice handles emergency appeals from the nation's capital, where the fight over Trump's taxes has been going on since 2019. Lower courts ruled that the committee has broad authority to obtain tax returns and rejected Trump’s claims that it was overstepping.

If Trump can persuade the nation’s highest court to intervene in this case, he could potentially delay a final decision until the start of the next Congress in January. If Republicans recapture control of the House in the fall election, they could drop the records request.

The temporary delay imposed by Roberts is the third such order issued by justices in recent days in cases related to Trump.

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