Trump Lawyers: New York Tax Return Law No Longer Applies Since He’s Not President

Then-President Donald Trump speaks with the press before boarding Marine One with First Lady Melania Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Oct. 3, 2017, en route to Puerto Rico. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump told a judge on Monday that a New York law does not apply to the Republican because he is no longer president.

“While the TRUST Act is not the clearest statute, the best reading is that it does not apply to former Presidents,” the attorneys wrote in a filing.