The US Supreme Court says it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, banking and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.
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Arguments will take place in late March, and the justices are poised to issue decisions in June as Trump is campaigning for a second term.
Rulings against the president could result in the quick release of personal financial information that Trump has sought strenuously to keep private.
The court also will decide whether the Manhattan district attorney can obtain eight years of Trump's tax returns as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
The subpoenas are separate from the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Trump, headed for a vote in the full House next week.
Trump sued to prevent banks and accounting firms from complying with subpoenas for his records from three committees of the House of Representatives and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
In three separate cases, he has so far lost at every step, but the records have not been turned over pending a final court ruling.
Two congressional committees subpoenaed the bank documents as part their investigations into Trump and his businesses.
Deutsche Bank has been one for the few banks willing to lend to Trump after a series of corporate bankruptcies and defaults starting in the early 1990s.
Australian Associated Press