Listen: U.S. court backs House request for Trump's financial records
"A federal appeals court has upheld a congressional subpoena for some of president trump's financial records these held by one of his accounting firms this is the first appellate court ruling to uphold any of the many congressional subpoenas the house of representatives has issued for trump records this is from the house oversight committee NPR's Nina Totenberg has more the committee said it's a **** certain trump financial records to see whether federal ethics laws needed to be amended in order to curb abuses that purpose is certainly legitimate the court said disputes between Congress and the president are a recurring plot international story it continued that is precisely what the framers intended they sought to balance the powers between the three branches of government to quote save the people from autocracy the two to one decision is not the last word on this issue it could be reversed by the full court of appeals or potentially the US Supreme Court Nina Totenberg NPR news"