Council, there is a long long history of Congress seeking records and getting them.

In May, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases, both involving Trump's financial

records because of COVID, the audio was streamed live.

In one case, Trump v. Vams, Trump's personal lawyers sued the Manhattan DA to keep him from

getting Trump's tax records.

In an investigation into whether Trump's business had falsified records in connection with

Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels.

In the other, Trump's personal attorneys sued his bankers and his accountants to prevent

them from turning over records to Congress.

In oral arguments, one of Trump's lawyers, Patrick Strawbridge, had this contraton of Justice

Sonia Sotomayor.

Because what we're seeking here is presidential finances.

When you look at the...

No, I'm sorry, it's a part and serve.

Not presidential finances.

We're asking for his personal returns before he became president.

Those are very different things.

And we're not asking him to produce it.

And some of the subpoenas that Congress threw history as far back as 1792 have asked for personal

papers of the president while being president.

In almost 250 years of the republic, the court had never had to wrestle with precisely

these questions.

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