Trump's tax returns dating back to 2011 subpoenaed by prosecutors probing hush money payments to Stormy Daniels

New York state prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed eight years of Donald Trump's personal and corporate tax returns, according to a new report from the New York Times.

The subpoena was issued late last month, after investigators opened up a criminal inquiry into the role that Mr Trump and his family had in making hush payments in the run up to the 2016 election.

The effort to compel Mr Trump's accountants to hand over those documents marks the latest effort to obtain the president's financial information, which he promised to disclose during his presidential campaign, but has not yet done.

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