Trump's lawyers will challenge financial records subpoena after Supreme Court ruling

A man stands outside the Supreme Court with a sign that says Follow the Money — (Image credit: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

President Trump still hasn't given up his fight to hide his taxes.

The Supreme Court handed Trump a partial victory last week in ruling he is not immune from subpoenas from prosecutors. Still, it left Trump with other options for fighting a subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, which his lawyers said Wednesday they plan to take.

Trump's next challenge to Vance's request will be filed before July 27, his lawyers told a federal district court judge in New York on Wednesday. The lawyers will probably claim "the subpoena is too broad, is motivated by a desire to harass, is meant to manipulate his policy decisions or retaliate against him for official acts, and would impede his ability to carry out his duties," NBC News predicts. Vance and Trump's lawyers both asked the judge to expedite the process determining whether Trump's challenge is valid.

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Vance subpoenaed Trump's accounting firm as part of an investigation into hush money payments made to two women who allege they had affairs with Trump. The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Vance could see those records, with Chief Justice John Roberts saying Trump is "neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need."

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.