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“I don’t think this type of subpoena supports a legislative inquiry,” Patrick Strawbridge, a lawyer for Mr. Trump, told the panel. “The only reason they have focused on these particular plaintiffs is because they want to investigate these plaintiffs.”

Lawyers on both sides acknowledged that some kind of compromise could be possible, but they appeared unlikely to give much ground.

Douglas Letter, a lawyer representing the congressional committees, said lawmakers would be willing to negotiate on narrowing the scope of the subpoenas to exclude records that could reveal sensitive information about people outside of the scope of their inquiries, such as low-level employees of Mr. Trump’s businesses. But, Mr. Letter said, it was necessary to review a broad swath of Mr. Trump’s documents.

“We are doing an extremely broad investigation,” Mr. Letter said, explaining the committees’ reasons for wanting to see Mr. Trump’s family members’ records as well. “Obviously if you’re laundering Russian money, moving it to the United States, you need to see how it’s handled domestically.”

Mr. Strawbridge told the judges several times throughout the hearing that he would be willing to negotiate a narrower records release, but when Judge Newman asked him which parts of the subpoenas the Trump family would be willing to allow, Mr. Strawbridge said he had not been authorized to negotiate at that moment.