US judges reject Trump appeal over tax returns

A US appeals court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump must release eight years of tax returns, dealing a blow to his attempts to keep his personal earnings private.

The decision is the latest development in a years-long effort to obtain copies of Trump’s taxes, which he promised during the campaign to make public after an audit but has since refused to share.

A three-judge panel in Manhattan rejected an appeal by the president’s lawyers challenging a subpoena by New York prosecutors that demanded that his accounting firm hand over the records.