Federal judge orders Trump to hand over eight years of tax returns – live

Manhattan district attorney is seeking documents as part of investigation into the Trump Organization Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.04pm BST The acting homeland security secretary, Kevin McAleenan, walked off the stage at an immigration conference he was supposed to speak at today because of interruptions by protestors. When McAleenan took the stage to speak, demonstrators shouted “when immigrants are under attack, stand up fight back” and chanted the names of children who died at the border. Demonstrators ignored requests from the conference organizers to stop disrupting McAleenan’s speech so the gathered crowd could ask him questions during the Q&A scheduled for after his remarks. Acting @DHSgov Sec McAleenan has now given up on speaking to #Immconf because protesters kept interrupting, chanting names of kids who died at the border. Conference organizers asked them to stop so audience could ask questions and engage in democracy but they wouldn’t. pic.twitter.com/jKW6595Io5And after many attempts to speak, McAleenan leaves without giving his remarks — He was going to take questions from the audience, but now the lawyers and advocates in attention will not have that opportunity.“You brought the right point to the wrong place,” a man calls out. 2.40pm BST As expected, Trump’s attorneys have filed an appeal to the judge’s decision that his tax returns can be subpoenaed as part of a probe into whether he violated New York state laws. What remains unclear is whether he has to comply with the ruling and turn over his tax returns during the appeal. Continue reading…
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