Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN

Updated 2105 GMT (0505 HKT) May 20, 2019

A federal district judge has told the accounting firm Mazars it will need to turn over Donald Trump's accounting records from before he was President to the Democratic-control House Oversight Committee.

Trump had attempted to challenge the subpoena in federal court.

From NBC News

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta also denied a Trump's request to stay his decision pending an appeal.

Trump’s lawyers filed a lawsuit last month seeking to block the accounting firm, Mazars USA, from delivering the records to the committee, which had subpoenaed them. It is expected that Trump will appeal the judge’s ruling.