New York prosecutors say DOJ trying to shield Trump in tax-returns case

The Manhattan district attorneys office pushed back Thursday against the Justice Departments intervention in its effort to obtain President Donald Trumps tax returns, saying DOJ only wants to delay the matter. Further delays in enforcing a state subpoena for the tax returns sought by D.A. Cyrus Vance threaten to trigger the statute of limitations on some of the issues a New York grand jury is investigating related to hush-money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign to two women who claimed they had sexual relations with Trump , Vances office said in a federal court filing. Trumps only goal in this litigation, now supported by the Justice Department itself, is to obtain as much delay as possible, through litigation, stays and appeals, the state prosecutors told Judge Victor Marrero.

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