But Trump could pursue the lawsuit in New York.
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Imagesa lawsuit Monday filed by President Trump in Washington D.C’s district court to prevent Congress from obtaining his state tax returns, handing the president his latest setback in keeping his financial records out of lawmakers’ hands.
Trump’s lawsuit aimed to prevent the House Ways and Means Committee from obtaining his taxes through aThe claim also sought to keep New York attorney general Letitia James from enforcing the law as well as the state’s Department of Taxation from producing the tax returns. Trump argued in the lawsuit that the House committee and New York officials fell under “conspiracy jurisdiction,” but Nichols ruled that Trump did not “sufficiently” establish, or mention, a conspiracy between the two in his complaint.
Nichols ruled that because the House committee had not pursued Trump’s records through the New York law, his court was not the correct jurisdiction for Trump’s suit.Nichols is a Trump appointee to Washington’s federal branch."Based on the current allegations, Mr. Trump has not met his burden of establishing personal jurisdiction over either of the New York Defendants. The Court therefore need not reach the question of proper venue.
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