Washington — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has obtained former President Donald Trump’s tax records, executing a subpoena for the long-sought documents after the Supreme Court declined to shield them from investigators earlier this week.
Danny Frost, a spokesman for District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., confirmed that prosecutors had taken possession of the tax records on Monday, the same day the Supreme Court rejected Mr. Trump’s last-ditch legal effort to block prosecutors from obtaining them.
The former president has fought to keep his financial history under wraps for years, and accused prosecutors of pursuing a politically motivated “fishing expedition” after the Supreme Court’s order.
Vance’s office began investigating Mr. Trump’s business dealings in 2018, initially focusing on hush-money payments made to women who claimed to have had affairs with Mr. Trump. Court filings indicate that investigation has since widened to include potential tax and business fraud related to the Trump Organization’s valuation of its properties.
Mazars USA, the accounting firm subpoenaed in the case, said after the Supreme Court’s move on Monday that it would fulfill “all of our professional and legal obligations.”
