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"There's a serious issue of unfairness of asking a party to challenge a subpoena without some access ... to its nature and scope," Consovoy said.
The president "would respectfully request" access to a sealed Manhattan federal court filing from Vance's office detailing the grand jury investigation and reasons for the subpoena, Consovoy said.
The average citizen is not usually allowed to probe prosecutors' reasons for an ongoing investigation.
Carey Dunne, an attorney for Vance, said the Supreme Court had already rejected "Trump's exotic constitutional immunity claims."
"There's no heightened standard that applies just because he's president," Dunne said.
"This isn't just about the president, there are other individuals and entities that could end up above the law as a result of the delay ... Let's not let delay kill this case."
Judge Victor Marrero ordered both sides to follow a schedule for new filings in the case until early next month. Marrero will then have to rule on Trump's new legal challenges. That timetable makes it unlikely the tax records will become public before the 2020 election. The judge learned details of the investigation last year and saw nothing improper.
"No citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the historic Supreme Court ruling on the case last week.
Nevertheless, Trump's attorneys argue the high court left open the possibility for legal challenges beyond the president's rejected claim of Oval Office immunity. Vance seeks eight years of Trump's personal and corporate tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of whether the Trump Organization broke the law by issuing hush-money payments to a porn star and Playboy model during the 2016 campaign.
The president "would respectfully request" access to a sealed Manhattan federal court filing from Vance's office detailing the grand jury investigation and reasons for the subpoena, Consovoy said.
The average citizen is not usually allowed to probe prosecutors' reasons for an ongoing investigation.
Carey Dunne, an attorney for Vance, said the Supreme Court had already rejected "Trump's exotic constitutional immunity claims."
"There's no heightened standard that applies just because he's president," Dunne said.
"This isn't just about the president, there are other individuals and entities that could end up above the law as a result of the delay ... Let's not let delay kill this case."
Judge Victor Marrero ordered both sides to follow a schedule for new filings in the case until early next month. Marrero will then have to rule on Trump's new legal challenges. That timetable makes it unlikely the tax records will become public before the 2020 election. The judge learned details of the investigation last year and saw nothing improper.
"No citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the historic Supreme Court ruling on the case last week.
Nevertheless, Trump's attorneys argue the high court left open the possibility for legal challenges beyond the president's rejected claim of Oval Office immunity. Vance seeks eight years of Trump's personal and corporate tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of whether the Trump Organization broke the law by issuing hush-money payments to a porn star and Playboy model during the 2016 campaign.
