At least two of them Trump appointees.The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday ruled that House Democrats can obtain President Trump's financial records.
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The circuit court judges declined a request from Trump to have the court's full bench of judges hear the case after a three-judge panel in October denied Trump’s request to shield his longtime accounting firm Mazars from having to comply with lawmakers' subpoena for records.
The judges voted 8 to 3 against rehearing the case. Those in the majority included seven judges appointed by Democrats, including Chief Judge Merrick Garland, and one Republican appointee, Judge Thomas B. Griffith. The dissenters were all Republican appointees.
The Hill
As the courts become partisan proxies, so goes the republic. Banana republic.Additionally, the House Ways and Means Committee has filed a lawsuit in an effort to get a judge to order the Treasury and IRS to provide it with six years of Trump's federal tax returns, and Trump has filed a lawsuit in an effort to prevent the committee from obtaining his New York state tax returns.
Trump suffered a setback in the latter case on Monday when a district court judge in D.C. dismissed Trump's claims against two of the defendants in that lawsuit.
Trump is also seeking to block subpoenas that the House Intelligence and Financial Services committees issued to Deutsche Bank and Capital One for his financial records. That case is currently pending before the federal appeals court in New York.
UPDATE 11/15: Trump has filed with the Supreme Court.
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