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Trump loses bid to delay handover of tax returns to New York prosecutor

A US judge on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s request to delay letting Manhattan’s district attorney obtain his tax returns for a criminal investigation into his family’s real estate business while Trump pursues an appeal.

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs on campaign travel to Old Forge, Pennsylvania at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., August 20, 2020. [REUTERS]

US District Judge Victor Marrero issued his decision a day after rejecting Trump’s arguments that the grand jury subpoena from district attorney Cyrus Vance to obtain his tax returns from the accounting firm Mazars USA was “wildly overbroad.”

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