Gov. Ned Lamont got his wish and Connecticut lawmakers adopted a budget on time before the end of the regular legislative session, giving cities and towns, nonprofits and others some sense of certainty for the fiscal year beginning July 1. But a vote on marijuana in the House was not to be in the session’s final days, so lawmakers will be back in a special session. Want to get this in your .
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington upon his return from New York, U.S., November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump s longtime accounting firm must hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday in the latest setback for Trump in his tenacious efforts to keep his finances secret.
The ruling by a unanimous three-judge panel of the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals backed the ability of prosecutors to enforce a subpoena for the returns against accounting firm Mazars LLP. Jay Sekulow, a lawyer for Trump, said the Republican president will appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, whose 5-4 conservative majority includes two justices appointed by Trump.