WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – For the second time in less than a week President Donald Trump has said he’ll go to the US Supreme Court to appeal court rulings threatening to expose his tax records.

An 11-judge panel of the appeals court in Washington on Wednesday (Nov 13) rejected the president’s request that it reconsider a ruling refusing to quash a demand by House Democrats for records from Trump’s accountants at Mazars USA LLP. Three of the judges said they would agree to the hearing.

“In light of the well-reasoned dissent, we will seek review at the Supreme Court,” Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement.

Congress issued the subpoena to Mazars in April as part of an investigation of whether to change ethics-in-government laws. Trump sued to block it, saying the House Oversight and Reform Committee had no legitimate legislative reason to seek his records. Trump’s last recourse now is to go to the US Supreme Court.

In a 2-1 decision in October, the appeals court panel called the House subpoena “a valid exercise of the legislative oversight authority because it seeks information important to determining the fitness of legislation to address potential problems within the Executive Branch and the electoral system.”

Last week, Trump’s lawyers told a judge they’ll ask the Supreme Court to block a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney seeking his tax filings and other financial records in a grand jury investigation. They’re due to file their request for consideration at the top court on Thursday.

The federal appeals court in New York rejected Trump’s claim that he has broad immunity from criminal investigation. The panel had ruled 3-0 that Trump can’t block the subpoena.

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