President Trump on Monday lost an early round of his court fight with Democrats after a federal judge ruled the president’s accounting firm must turn over his financial records to Congress as lawmakers seek to assert their oversight authority. Congressional Democrats have vowed to fight for evidence of potential misconduct by Trump and those close to him, and the president’s legal team is broadly resisting those efforts. President Trump is locked in a battle over congressional subpoenas, including from the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md. Mehta noted that Congress also launched an investigation into the conduct of Bill Clinton before he entered the White House. The pace of the president’s legal fights with Congress is intensifying.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2019 21:26 UTC