A federal appeals court has ruled that lawmakers in the House can have access to former President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

The DC Circuit of Appeals’ 3-0 ruling on Tuesday grants the House Ways and Means Committee’s request to obtain Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.

Judge David Sentelle wrote in the majority opinion that House Democrats’ request for Trump’s returns ‘did not violate separation of powers principles’.

Trump’s concerns about his finances possibly being made public did not outweigh the request by congressional Democrats, according to Sentelle.

‘This is certainly inconvenient, but not to the extent that it represents an unconstitutional burden violating the separation of powers,’ wrote Sentelle in the 33-page opinion.

‘Congressional investigations sometimes expose the private information of the entities, organizations, and individuals that they investigate. This does not make them overly burdensome. It is the nature of the investigative and legislative processes.’

The ruling comes a day after the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, reportedly in search of missing classified material.

The appeals court on Tuesday said the judgement would be issued in seven days, which gives Trump time to appeal the decision.

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