Judge tosses Trump lawsuit to block income taxes from being released to Congress

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said efforts by Trump’s lawyers to block the handover were wrong on the law.

“A long line of Supreme Court cases requires great deference to facially valid congressional inquiries. Even the special solicitude accorded former presidents does not alter the outcome,” McFadden wrote…

McFadden on Tuesday rejected Trump’s claim that Congress had no legitimate need to see the returns and was simply hoping to find something embarrassing.

“Congress may not expose someone simply for the sake of exposure,” McFadden said. But he wrote that the committee’s desire to see how the IRS audits presidential returns could lead Congress to conclude that the authority needed to be enhanced.