By Brendan Pierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dispute over whether New York state prosecutors can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns raises "significant constitutional issues" and should be decided in federal court, not state court, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance subpoenaed eight years of Trump's tax returns and other records from the president's longtime accounting firm Mazars USA on Aug. 29 as part of a criminal investigation. The scope of that investigation is unclear.
Trump sued Vance last month, saying a sitting president is immune from criminal investigation. Vance has moved to dismiss the ...
