Judge who ruled Trump accountants must comply with subpoena is an Obama appointee & donor

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A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump's longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA LLP, must comply with a subpoena by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requesting financial documents related to Trump and his businesses. But new information highlighted Monday revealed the ruling judge may have some political bias.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, defended the broad authority given to Congress to investigate the president.

Mehta ruled that while "there are limits on Congress's investigative authority ... those limits do not substantially constrain Congress."

Trump's legal team sued in federal court last month to block the subpoena. They argued the subpoena was politically motivated, and therefore, held no legislative purpose. Mehta, however, claimed it was not his job to determine whether or not the subpoena had a political motivation behind it.

"These are facially valid legislative purposes, and it is not for the court to question whether the Committee's actions are truly motivated by political considerations," Mehta said.

Financial records indicate that Mehta personally donated to Obama's re-election campaign in 2012.

Records show that Mehta donated $1,000 to the Obama/Biden re-election campaign on Sept. 17, 2012, then donated another $1,000 to the same campaign one month later on Oct. 16, 2012.

Trump's legal team filed an appeal Tuesday, sending the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. It's not clear when the appeals court will hear the case.