Trump slams NY probe as 'witch hunt' continued

President Donald Trump has reacted angrily to reports that a Manhattan prosecutor is trying to get his tax returns, calling it a continuation of the "witch hunt" against him.

Manhattan District Attorney District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, told a judge that he was justified in demanding them, citing public reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization.”

Trump’s lawyers last month said the grand jury subpoena for the tax returns was issued in bad faith and amounted to harassment of the president.

Vance is seeking eight years of the Republican president’s personal and corporate tax records, but has disclosed little about what prompted him to request the records, other than part of the investigation is related to payoffs made to women to keep them quiet about alleged affairs with Trump.