Latest Trump Bid to Shield Taxes Meets Skeptical Judges (1)

Lawyers for Donald Trump were met with skepticism from federal appeals court judges as they made their latest attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting their hands on his tax filings and other financial documents through a grand jury subpoena.

“Are you asking us to change the way grand juries have done their work from time immemorial just because we’re dealing with somebody who’s president of the United States?” U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann asked Trump lawyer William Consovoy at a hearing on Friday. The case is being heard by a three-judge panel of the court.

Manhattan District Attorney ...