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Trump Organization and Trump family sue Deutsche Bank to prevent it from complying with congressional subpoenas

Sonam Sheth   

Trump Organization and Trump family sue Deutsche Bank to prevent it from complying with congressional subpoenas
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  • President Donald Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One to prevent them from complying with congressional subpoenas.
  • The lawsuit alleges that the subpoenas "have no legitimate and lawful purpose" and were issued to "rummage through every aspect" of Trump's finances to "cause him political damage."
  • Deutsche Bank has a longstanding and controversial relationship with Trump and his businesses, and the bank is at the center of several congressional investigations into Trump's business dealings.

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President Donald Trump, his children, the Trump Organization, and the Trump family trust filed a lawsuit Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One to bar them from complying with congressional subpoenas.

The suit, first reported by The New York Times, alleges that the subpoenas "have no legitimate or lawful purpose" and were issued "to rummage through every aspect of [Trump's] personal finances, his businesses, and the private information of the President and his family, and to ferret about for any material that might be used to cause him political damage."

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