Trump, RNC file legal challenges to Calif. law seeking release of the president’s tax returns

President Trump and the Republican National Committee filed two lawsuits Tuesday against California officials challenging a new law that would bar Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot next year if he declines to disclose his tax returns.

The federal lawsuits, which were threatened last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the bill into law, argue that the measure requiring presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release five years of tax returns runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution.

The RNC suit, which includes the California Republican Party as a plaintiff, alleges a “naked political attack against the sitting president of the United States.”

View the complete August 6 article by7 John Wagner on The Washington Post website here.