Trump Firms Must Save Records for AGs' Emoluments Lawsuit
- Order issued in lawsuit over Constitution’s emoluments clauses
- President’s lawyers have asked court to throw out the case
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Twenty-three Trump businesses including his Mar-a-Lago Club must retain records after they receive subpoenas from the attorneys general in Maryland and the District of Columbia as part of a lawsuit accusing the president of profiting from his office.
U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte on Tuesday issued a two-paragraph order granting the Democratic officials’ request to serve so-called preservation subpoenas, which require the businesses to retain documents but not to immediately produce them.