However, a president can simply refuse to honor it, as he can refuse to obey a judicial order. Separation of powers and there’s not a darned thing the judges can do about it.
Tough turkey!
So yes, Congress can make illegal or unfair or simply unconstitutional demands on a president, thereby precipitating a “constitutional crisis”.. congress can do this any time it wishes, but it can avail them nothing so long as a president says no. Political whoopie and some headlines, yes. Documents, no.
Our Founders set up three co-equal and SEPARATE branches of government, dependent on each other ONLY to the limited degrees they specified. Our Founders had the example of a Parliamentary system.... which they certainly could have adopted had they wished...and in which the Prime Minister has to obey the majority votes of the Parliament.
Our Founders specifically said NO to that system.
The subpoena is aimed at the CPA firm. CPAs are not known for being warriors.
District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday ruled in favor of a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee for President Trump's financial records from the accounting firm Mazars.
So Trump can refuse, but Mazars Accounting can't.
Appeal is the only way.
Show me how I'm wrong.