WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a prosecutor’s demand for President Donald Trump’s tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who claim they had affairs with Trump.
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The court ruled 7-2 in a case in which it heard arguments by telephone in May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The records are held by Trump’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, which has said it would comply with a court order.
It probably will be at least several weeks before the court issues a formal judgment that would trigger the turnover of the records
This was the expected decision. They still haven’y decided on Congress having access to the records which is more questionable here. The tax returns will not be made public anytime soon. Its for a criminal investigation and only for that purpose.
Anyone who thinks they will get this before the elections is dreaming. Its too late. We will play shtick and shlep it out till after Nov. So before you post your gleeful comments, beware it won’t help you in 2020
The last time that anything remotely similar to this occurred was in August, 1974, when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered President Richard M. Nixon to turn over tapes, which he previously refused to send to the Watergate investigating committee, in Congress.
I endorse this narrow holding. It’s critical that we live in a country where no one is above the law. But that applies to democrats, too. And they will learn that the hard way.
WHO CARES ABOUT TRUMPS TAX RETURNS , LOOKS WHAT HE DID TO ECONOMY, ISRAEL, AND ETC THIS WILL NOT STOP ME FROM VOTING FOR TRUMP AGAIN. MAGA 2020
Another defeat for the failed Orange Fuhrer. His 2 Supreme Court appointees voted AGAINST him. Not even this hoont is above the law. He’s already attacking the Court and the Criminal Justice System. Now his favorite money laundering bank- Deutsche Bank (vut den?) has to turn its records over to the NY and DC Courts! LOL.
I don’t understand why Trump is so secretive about the tax returns unless there’s something he’s trying to hide
I understand .
1) Yes she is trying to hide the fact that he was really poor on a tax basis since all is written as liablities and writeoffs. The fake news will then say hey he is poor without pointing out that its just a basic heimisha tax gimick
2) When its that complex there is a always a gotcha moment. if they look they will find.
I hope that helps you undertsand things a bit.