'Please Bring It On:' Lawyer for Manhattan DA Calls for Urgency in Trump Tax Return Case

William Consovoy emphasized that the president's legal team has only reviewed the redacted version of the declaration and would like to view more of it. The president's planned discovery in the case would also be key, he said, arguing that Trump should not have to challenge a subpoena without understanding its scope.

July 16, 2020 at 05:14 PM

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Jane Wester

The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal

Senior U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero of the Southern District of New York on Thursday pressed attorneys for President Donald Trump to demonstrate whether they have new information about the potential flaws in a Manhattan grand jury subpoena for the president's tax records.

Trump's lawsuit against his accounting firm and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. returned to Marrero's courtroom this month after the U.S. Supreme Court found, in a 7-2 ruling, that the president was not immune from investigation in state court.

Trump's attorney William Consovoy of Consovoy McCarthy plans to file an amended complaint by July 27, he wrote in a joint letter to Marrero this week. Carey Dunne, who is general counsel in Vance's office, said during a conference Thursday that the office intends to "immediately" file a motion to dismiss the complaint.