Authority the da has under state law as to the president , the Second Circuit is wrong and should be reversed. If not reversed the decision weapon isis 2300 local das, overwhelming number of them elected to office and thereby accountable to local constituencies. The decision would allow any da to distract and interfere with a sitting president , subjects the president a local prejudice that can influence prosecutorial decisions and the grand jury can be utilized issue compulsory criminal process in the form of subpoenas targeting the president. This is not mere speculation. It is precisely what has taken place in this case with the subpoena we challenge. In the argument just concluded we asserted the subpoenas did not serve a legitimate legislative purpose and were burdensome. Yet the da copy almost verbatim the House Oversight Committee Subpoena with an additional 13 words which seek the president s tax returns without revealing the exact same language utilized by two congressional co