Overview
- Board members filed a Dec. 11 discovery request in Okeechobee County, Florida, seeking all of President Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to the present, along with documents showing income, financial holdings and liabilities.
- The filing also asks for medical and psychological records, including prescription histories and annual physicals from Jan. 1, 2015, if he is pursuing damages for physical or emotional injury.
- Trump has 30 days from Dec. 11 to respond, with the option to assert privilege over specific documents or limit disclosures by narrowing the types of damages he seeks.
- The requests were submitted on behalf of about 20 defendants affiliated with media and academic institutions named in Trump’s defamation suit.
- The Pulitzer Board says two independent reviews found the 2018 award-winning reporting was not discredited, forming a key part of its defense.