Trump is trying to block Democrats' subpoena of his financial records in court

President Trump is suing to block House Democrats' subpoena of his financial statements.

Trump and the Trump Organization have filed a lawsuit against House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) over his recent subpoena of the president's accounting firm, The Washington Post reports. The filing accuses Democrats of waging an "all-out political war" against Trump and using subpoenas as their "weapon of choice," per Axios.

Cummings had previously requested financial records from an accounting firm Trump and his business have used, Mazars USA, and this lawsuit seeks to block the subpoena. The subpoena was issued after Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified that the president in the past has inflated his wealth on financial statements, with Cummings seeking to corroborate these claims, per Politico.

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The suit says that the subpoena from Democrats "lacks any legitimate legislative purpose, is an abuse of power, and is just another example of overreach by the president's political opponents," per NBC News. Cummings has not yet responded, but he previously said per The Wall Street Journal that his committee has "full authority to investigate whether the president may have engaged in illegal conduct before and during his tenure in office."