President Trump wants to take his tax battle all the way up.
On Monday, Trump lost another court fight to withhold his tax returns from prosecutors, with a federal court of appeals ruling his accounting firm must give Manhattan prosecutors eight years of his personal and business tax returns. But Trump's lawyer still isn't letting that stand, and said shortly after the ruling that he plans on appealing the decision to the Supreme Court.
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New York state lawmakers are similarly seeking to reveal Trump's state tax returns. The state passed a law saying state tax officials can release certain federal officials' tax returns to Congress' financial committees if they're asked for. Trump has since tried to challenge the law, but a judge has so far ruled he has to do so in a New York court.
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