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¦ From TRUMP’S on PAGE 25 firm Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner
justices now are likely to set an equally short deadline & Sauber.
for House lawyers to respond to the petition. Con- Mazars’ lawyers at Blank Rome have not taken
sovoy told the justices that Trump is “prepared to sides in the dispute.
proceed on any schedule the court deems appropri- Testimony by Trump former attorney Michael
ate” if the justices grant review. Cohen during the House committee’s hearing in
The case is one of many in Washington and New February triggered the subpoena to Mazars. Cohen
York courts that challenge Trump over the secrecy alleged that Trump had inflated and deflated his
of his financial records. assets on personal financial statements to obtain a
As a presidential candidate, Trump had vowed to re- bank loan and to reduce his New York real estate
lease his tax returns, as modern presidents have done taxes and insurance premiums.
as a matter of routine. The House has sued the IRS and The high court has a second petition pend-
Treasury to obtain his tax returns, which Democrats ing that also involves Trump’s financial records.
contend are necessary to review for oversight purposes Trump’s personal lawyer, Jay Alan Sekulow, along
as they explore Trump’s vast business network and any with Consovoy, is challenging a state grand jury
alleged abuses by Trump to profit from the presidency. subpoena issued by Manhattan District Attorney
House general counsel Douglas Letter had op- Cyrus Vance Jr. to Mazars and upheld by the Sec-
posed the temporary stay of the Mazars subpoena. ond Circuit.
He argued that two levels of the federal judiciary The grand jury is examining allegations that the
had upheld that subpoena as valid and enforceable president paid hush money to two women through
under Supreme Court precedents. his former lawyer Cohen prior to the 2016 election.
“Each concluded that the committee issued The appellate court rejected Trump’s argument that
the subpoena in furtherance of a valid legislative he enjoyed absolute immunity.
purpose and that the subpoena seeks documents ¦

relevant to a subject about which Congress could Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the
enact legislation,” Letter wrote in his response. U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at mcoyle@alm.
Letter is assisted by lawyers from the Washington com. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle

Remington Brings In Jeffrey Mueller
Of Day Pitney for Sandy Hook Case

By Robert Storace

Two months after the Sandy Hook families hired mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
former U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., The suit seeks financial damages against Reming-
of Munger, Tolles & Olson, as lead counsel in its ton and its daughter company, Bushmaster Fire-
litigation with Remington Arms Company LLC, the gun- arms International LLC.
maker has hired its own powerhouse firm: Day Pitney. In a case that is entering its sixth year of liti-

Court records show Day Pitney’s Jeffrey Paul gation, large firms have joined the effort on both
Mueller, from the firm’s Hartford offices, entered an sides. In addition to Munger, which has more
appearance Wednesday on behalf of Remington. than 200 attorneys, and Day Pitney, which has
Mueller represents the company in the lawsuit more than 300 attorneys in 13 offices, Baker Botts
brought by families of nine victims of the 2012 is also part of the litigation. The international law

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