A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump‘s lawsuit challenging a subpoena from New York prosecutors for his tax returns.
Judge Victor Marrero, a district judge in New York appointed by former President Clinton, rejected Trump’s argument that he cannot be subject to the criminal process while in office.
“This Court cannot endorse such a categorical and limitless assertion of presidential immunity from judicial process as being countenanced by the nation’s constitutional plan,” Marrero wrote in a 75-page ruling.
View the complete October 7 article by Naomi Jagoda on The Hill website here.