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A federal judge in Washington on Aug. 11, 2021, partly upheld a House Oversight Committee subpoena seeking eight years of financial information tied to Donald Trump and his businesses. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that the committee had valid legislative purposes for the records and that it could obtain at least some of the material it sought from Mazars USA, but he also narrowed parts of the subpoena. ([oversightdemocrats.house.gov](https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairwoman-maloney-s-statement-following-court-decision-upholding-key-parts-of))

The committee said the subpoena covered records from Trump, the Trump Organization and Trump Old Post Office Hotel, the company tied to the Trump International Hotel in Washington. In a statement after the ruling, Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said the court had recognized the committee’s authority to pursue a broad set of records related to presidential conflicts of interest, self-dealing and possible constitutional violations. ([oversightdemocrats.house.gov](https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairwoman-maloney-s-statement-following-court-decision-upholding-key-parts-of))

The fight over the documents dates back to 2019, when the committee first issued a subpoena to Mazars. The Supreme Court later sent the case back to the lower courts in 2020 to apply a new standard for congressional subpoenas seeking a president’s personal information. Maloney’s statement said the district court then found the committee was entitled to records relating to Trump, the Trump Organization and the Trump Old Post Office Hotel, along with a broader set of financial information for 2017 and 2018. ([oversightdemocrats.house.gov](https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairwoman-maloney-s-statement-following-court-decision-upholding-key-parts-of))

The ruling did not give House investigators everything they wanted, but it kept alive a major congressional push for documents at the center of scrutiny over Trump’s finances and business dealings. The court said the subpoena served valid legislative purposes even as it narrowed the reach of some demands. ([oversightdemocrats.house.gov](https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairwoman-maloney-s-statement-following-court-decision-upholding-key-parts-of))