FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rides in an SUV as the presidential motorcade drives to the Easter service at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday filed suit to keep U.S. lawmakers from obtaining his financial records, the first salvo in what promises to be an escalating legal battle with Democrats in Congress.
The suit seeks to block a subpoena issued by the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee for information about Trump's personal and business finances, alleging Democrats have launched "all-out political war" on Trump with subpoenas as their "weapon of choice."
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