Trump sues to block New York from revealing his tax returns

President Trump asked a federal court Tuesday to take steps to block New York from sharing his tax returns with congressional Democrats, saying a new state law designed to make the information available to Capitol Hill is unconstitutional.

The Trust Act, New York’s new law, allows the state to turn over tax information to Congress if there’s a legitimate investigation. State officials created the law in response to Mr. Trump’s refusal to make his tax information public.

Mr. Trump, in the new lawsuit, says that makes the law an attempt to discriminate against him.

He asked the federal court in Washington, D.C., to declare New York’s law unconstitutional and to officially rule that the House Ways and Means Committee, which has been battling the IRS for access to Mr. Trump’s returns, lacks a “legitimate” purpose for its inquiry.