"This case raises important questions about the separation of powers that will affect every future President," the appeal said. "The only way to preserve these certiorari-worthy questions and to avoid causing Applicants irreparable harm is for this Court to grant an administrative stay by Wednesday, November 2."
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled to allow the release of the Internal Revenue Service documents pertaining to Trump to go into effect on October 3.
Trump's appeal, therefore, called on the US Supreme Court to stay the issuance of the mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari.
"No Congress has ever welded its legislative powers to demand a president's tax returns," it said.
The US House of Representatives committee is investigating Trump's alleged role in the events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the 2020 presidential election returns were being certified inside it.