国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Trump loses for 2nd time within week in legal fight to conceal financial records
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 11-- <span word="A">A</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="appeals">appeals</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="ruled">ruled</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="uphold">uphold</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="subpoena">subpoena</span> <span word="ordering">ordering</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Donald">Donald</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="accountants">accountants</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span>, <span word="marking">marking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="defeat">defeat</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="months">months</span>-<span word="long">long</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="secret">secret</span>.</p><p><span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Appeals">Appeals</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="District">District</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> <span word="Circuit">Circuit</span> <span word="ruled">ruled</span> 2-1 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="endorse">endorse</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="subpoena">subpoena</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="April">April</span> 15 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span>-<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oversight">Oversight</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Reform">Reform</span> <span word="requesting">requesting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Mazars">Mazars</span> <span word="USA">USA</span>, <span word="Trump">Trump</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="accounting">accounting</span> <span word="firm">firm</span>, <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="between">between</span> 2011 <span word="and">and</span> 2018.</p><p>"<span word="Contrary">Contrary</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="arguments">arguments</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span> <span word="possesses">possesses</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Constitution">Constitution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subpoena">subpoena</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mazars">Mazars</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="comply">comply</span>," <span word="Judge">Judge</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Tatel">Tatel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Judge">Judge</span> <span word="Patricia">Patricia</span> <span word="Millett">Millett</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> 66-<span word="page">page</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>.</p><p><span word="Tatel">Tatel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Millett">Millett</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="appointed">appointed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Neomi">Neomi</span> <span word="Rao">Rao</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="judge">judge</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="dissented">dissented</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="appointee">appointee</span>.</p><p><span word="Rao">Rao</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="invoke">invoke</span> <span word="constitutional">constitutional</span> <span word="impeachment">impeachment</span> <span word="powers">powers</span>, <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="resorting">resorting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="oversight">oversight</span> <span word="capacities">capacities</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Throughout">Throughout</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="Congress">Congress</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="President">President</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="insisted">insisted</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="maintaining">maintaining</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="separation">separation</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legislative">legislative</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="impeachment">impeachment</span> <span word="powers">powers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recognized">recognized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gravity">gravity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accountability">accountability</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="impeachment">impeachment</span>," <span word="Rao">Rao</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="dissent">dissent</span>. "<span word="Allowing">Allowing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="subpoena">subpoena</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="legislative">legislative</span> <span word="purposes">purposes</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="roving">roving</span> <span word="inquisition">inquisition</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="equal">equal</span> <span word="branch">branch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="government">government</span>."</p>
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