Federal Appeals Court Denies Trump Bid to Keep Tax Returns Shielded From House Committee

Former President Donald Trump has lost an appeal to keep six years of his income tax returns shielded from the House Ways and Means Committee, amid a longstanding battle between the Democrat-led House and Trump over his financial records.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee, had in December 2021 dismissed Trump’s effort to block the Department of the Treasury from turning over his tax returns to the House committee.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday denied (pdf) Trump’s request to rehear his appeal of McFadden’s decision. The appeals court’s decision had no noted dissents….