President Donald Trump is going to court to prevent House Democrats from getting his long-hidden tax returns from the state of New York.
In a suit filed Tuesday, he asked a federal court to prevent Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal from taking advantage of a recently passed New York law designed to give Neal access to Trump’s confidential state tax filings.
The suit, which targets both Neal and New York officials, comes as the Massachusetts Democrat is simultaneously suing Trump for his federal tax returns.
Neal has been lukewarm on the prospects of tapping the New York law, though the lawsuit expresses concern that he could act on it at any time.
It contends that Democrats do not have a legitimate reason for seeking Trump’s New York returns “because the committee’s jurisdiction is limited to federal taxes, no legislation could possibly result from a request for the president’s state tax returns.”
Trump’s New York return would likely include some of the same information on his federal one.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation last month authorizing officials there to share Trump’s state tax returns with Neal.
Article originally published on POLITICO Magazine