The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal appeals court to step in and stop a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions in the Constitution by raking in foreign cash at his DC hotel.
The department asked the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit federal appeals court to reverse federal Judge Peter Messitte’s rulings that let the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia move ahead with the lawsuit against Trump, including requests for tax returns and revenue statements the president wants kept hidden.
The department’s request was an aggressive legal move because federal appellate courts typically don’t weigh in on legal disputes until there is a judgment at a lower court level.
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