Federal judge blocks California law requiring Trump release tax returns

Donald Trump.
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A federal judge in Sacramento issued a temporary injunction on Thursday against California's new law that requires candidates for president and governor to release their tax returns in order to appear on the primary ballot.

U.S. District Judge Morrison England Jr. said a final ruling will be made in a few days. Since Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the law in July, five lawsuits have been filed, including one by President Trump. Under the law, any candidate for president or governor who wants to get on the statewide primary ballot must turn over to state officials their last five years of federal tax filings. Those documents are then made public, with personal financial information redacted.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.