Deutsche Bank has tax returns sought in Congressional probe
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s longtime bank revealed Tuesday that it has tax records Congress is seeking in its investigation of the president’s finances.
Deutsche Bank said in court papers it has tax returns responsive to a subpoena sent this year, in which Congress asked the bank for a host of documents related to Trump and his family.
Trump has long declined to release his tax returns and wants to block two House committees from getting the records, calling their document requests unlawful.
A federal appeals court ordered Deutsche Bank to say whether or not Trump’s tax returns were in its possession after an attorney for the bank refused to answer that question during a hearing last week.
The bank, in its court filing Tuesday, blacked out the name of the person or people whose tax records it had, citing privacy rules. It said it also has tax records “related to parties not named in the subpoenas but who may constitute ‘immediate family’” of individuals named in the document request.
Tropical Storm Dorian bearing
down on Puerto Rico
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The threat of tropical storm or hurricane conditions impacting Florida from Dorian has increased as the disturbance heads for Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said in its update Tuesday night.
Dorian is forecast to be very close to hurricane strength as it approaches Puerto Rico on Wednesday, the center’s latest tropical outlook said.
“Some weakening is expected after Dorian moves across the higher terrain of Puerto Rico Wednesday night,” forecasters said.
After moving beyond Puerto Rico, Dorian was forecast to “gradually restrengthen on Thursday and Friday,” according to the center.
By wire sources
