Trump takes US Supreme Court dispute over tax documents: ‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: Mother kills 11-year-old son in Marseille with kitchen knife

In the legal dispute over the release of tax documents, former US President Donald Trump is now asking the country’s Supreme Court. Trump’s lawyers filed an urgent petition on Monday with the Supreme Court in Washington to initially prevent the IRS from making the documents public.

An appeals court in Washington last week cleared the way for the transfer of Trump’s tax records to a House committee starting Thursday. Trump had already opposed this in lower instances in recent years.

The Treasury Department of the administration of Trump’s successor Joe Biden last year ordered the IRS to hand over the documents to the committee. Contrary to US political custom, the real estate entrepreneur Trump had not released his tax returns either as a presidential candidate or after he moved into the White House. And to this day he tries to avoid disclosure. Critics therefore suspect that he has something to hide.

Trump had asked Washington’s appeals court to stop the release of the documents. The court had already rejected Trump’s request in August, confirming the decision of a lower court. The ex-president then requested a re-examination, which was also rejected last week. As a result, he went to the Supreme Court.

A new United States House of Representatives will be elected on November 8. Should Republicans gain a majority in Congress, Trump could hope that the committee, under new leadership, will refrain from requesting the documents. The new Congress will meet in early January 2023.

Trump is currently grappling with a number of legal issues, including taking classified government documents to his private estate after leaving the White House. (sda/dpa)