Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by Trump seeking to prevent House from releasing his tax returns

A Trump-appointed judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the former president that was seeking to prevent the House Ways and Means Committee from publishing his tax returns

A Trump-appointed judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the former president that was seeking to prevent the House Ways and Means Committee from publishing his tax returns.

D.C. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden wrote in his opinion Tuesday that the former president is "wrong on the law."

"A long line of Supreme Court cases requires great deference to facially valid congressional inquiries," McFadden wrote. "Even the special solicitude accorded former Presidents does not alter the outcome. The Court will therefore dismiss this case."

Former President Donald Trump's Treasury Department initially declined to turn over his tax returns for the congressional probe, prompting Richie Neal, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, to sue for them in 2019.