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Trump files appeal against Manhattan judge in latest bid to overturn subpoena

Donald Trump, left, Donald Trump Jr., center, and his daughter Ivanka Trump speak during the unveiling of the design for the Trump International Hotel in the The Old Post Office in Washington, on Sept. 2013.
Donald Trump, left, Donald Trump Jr, center, and Ivanka Trump in 2013. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Donald Trump and his two eldest children continued their fight to overturn a decision requiring the former president to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his business practices, filing fresh paperwork on Monday that accused a New York judge of abusing his discretion in issuing the decision.

In papers filed in a state appeals court, lawyers for the former president said that Manhattan judge Arthur Engoron failed to properly weigh constitutional and ethical concerns that they had raised about the investigation brought by the New York attorney general, Letitia James.

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