The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
New York prosecutors subpoena president’s income tax returns
New York City prosecutors have subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday.
Manhattan District Attorney’s Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office recently sent a subpoena to Trump’s accounting firm seeking the last eight years of state and federal tax returns for Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, the person said.
The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Asked about the subpoena as he left the White House on Monday, Trump said: “I don’t know anything about it.” A lawyer for the Trump Organization, Marc Mukasey, said he is “evaluating the situation and will respond as appropriate.”
Vance, a Democrat, subpoenaed the Trump Organization last month for records related to payments Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, helped arrange to a porn actress who claimed she had an affair with Trump. His office is also pursuing a state mortgage fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Vance’s office declined to comment Monday on the tax returns subpoena, the news of which was first reported by The New York Times .
Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, said in a statement that it “will respect the legal process and fully comply with its legal obligations.”
Mazars was subpoenaed earlier this year by a House committee seeking Trump financial records. The firm said it believes strongly in ethical and professional rules governing the accounting industry and does not comment on work it does for clients.
Trump, a Republican, is already fighting efforts by several Democratic-led Congressional committees to obtain his tax returns.