The Manhattan district attorney’s office has agreed to delay the enforcement of a subpoena for President Donald Trump’s tax returns and financial documents.
The deal between the parties comes after the 2nd Circuit Court denied a request to immediately block the district court’s ruling, but the appeals court said it would hear arguments on the request for a stay pending appeal on Sept. 1.
Following the district court’s ruling, which allowed the Manhattan district attorney to enforce the subpoena, the parties agreed to temporarily delay the enforcement of the subpoena until Aug. 28.
The president has been fighting Vance’s subpoena since 2019. The case went to the Supreme Court after lower courts denied Trump’s request for relief from the subpoena.
The Supreme Court ruled that Trump was not absolutely immune from state criminal processes but also opened the door for him to challenge Vance’s subpoena on other grounds.
On Aug. 20, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero dismissed Trump’s latest bid to stop Vance’s subpoena for eight years of his tax returns and other financial documents from the president’s accountant.
“At its core, it amounts to absolute immunity through a back door, an entry point through which not only a President but also potentially other persons and entities, public and private, could effectively gain cover from judicial process,” the judge wrote.
He also rejected Trump’s request to hold his ruling until the appeal has been resolved.
Vance, a Democrat, is subpoenaing for Trump’s financial documents as part of a criminal grand jury probe.
Trump has characterized the subpoena as a “continuation of the witch hunt,” during remarks to the press on Aug. 20.
“There’s never been anything like it, where people want to examine everything you’ve ever done to see if they can find that there’s a comma out of place. No president has ever had to go through this,” he said.
