His lawyers had urged the court to block the subpoenas on the grounds they were overly broad and politically motivated. “The Supreme Court never should have let this ‘fishing expedition’ happen, but they did,” he said in a statement. When challenging the subpoenas, Trump had lost before federal judges and U.S. appeals courts in New York and Washington, but he repeatedly won rulings from the Supreme Court to temporarily block the subpoenas from being honored. Trump’s lawyers went back before the same judges in New York to argue that the subpoenas were politically motivated. They lost again in September and again went back to the Supreme Court on Oct. 13 asking for a further delay.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2021 14:39 UTC