Court tussle: The Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt. President Donald Trump has gone to court to fight an attempt by the House to obtain his business records. — AP
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump, along with his family and businesses, sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to stop them from complying with Congressional subpoenas issued as part of a probe into foreign political influence.
The subpoenas – which the Trumps described in their suit as “intrusive and overbroad” – were issued to several banks by the Democratic-majority House’s intelligence and financial services committees, which are looking into the president’s finances as part of a larger probe into election meddling by Russia.
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