NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court on Monday not to let Manhattan's top prosecutor get eight years of his tax returns, saying the handover would cause him irreparable harm.

The argument was made in a filing with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, which on Tuesday will hear oral arguments on Trump's bid to delay Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's subpoena for the returns during Trump's appeal.

If the appeals court were to reject a delay, Trump requested an administrative stay to give the US Supreme Court sufficient time to consider his request, the filing said.