WASHINGTON ¨C If the president wants to challenge a New York state law, let him do it on New York¡¯s turf.
That¡¯s what lawyers for the state told a federal judge in Washington on Wednesday in a hearing on Donald Trump¡¯s suit over a law that could allow House Democrats to get his state tax returns.
¡°It is improper for this court sitting in D.C. to exercise authority over elected officials sued only in their official capacity,¡± said Andrew Amer, a lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the state¡¯s revenue department.
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