WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a New York grand jury can subpoena President Trump’s tax returns and financial records, but blocked a similar request from congressional investigators, sending both decisions back to lower courts and keeping the records under wraps for the foreseeable future.
In two 7-2 verdicts, the justices said the president was not immune from subpoenas and criminal investigations but ruled an investigation from Democrat-led House committees was too broad, and that it claimed limitless powers to pry into Trump’s financial dealings that the committees do not have.
“The President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need,” the first verdict from Chief Justice John Roberts read.
The historic ruling will allow Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to have a grand jury subpoena eight years of the president’s tax returns that he has fought to keep private since he entered public office.
However, such a subpoena will have to be ruled on by the US District Court in DC and, even if it is issued, the records likely would not be made public before the November presidential election, providing something of a victory to Trump even in defeat.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito were the dissenting votes in each 7-2 ruling.
The Supreme Court also dismissed subpoenas from Congress seeking the financial records and tax returns of the president and his family, arguing it was an overreach and threatened the separation of powers. That case has also been sent back to the US District Court.
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Pulling out all stops before election. They know they can't beat him fair.
ReplyDeleteI want to see Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden's tax returns on all the money they have stolen.
ReplyDeleteLiterally all of them have released decades of tax returns.
Delete1125 they were snap shots of income not detailed forensic investigations of every dollar being viewed by people who hate them and have the Powers of arrest and unlimited budget. This man was more vetted then any other politician in history and was impeached. Stop lying.
DeleteGood luck with that
ReplyDeleteObama never obeyed a Judge
If you can advise me just why I want to see his taxes, go ahead with your bad self. I don’t pay any attention to my own, so I sure as heck don’t want to see his. I couldn’t even imagine being that smart to understand his, even if I were that nosey. I guess I will be labeled “racist” for not wanting to see them. What have we become?
ReplyDeleteEvery voter in America has a choice and a job to do on November 3rd. After we do our job it will be up to the Southern District of New York and the NY Attorney General to do theirs!
ReplyDeleteThis will takes years and a huge waste of taxpayer dollars.
ReplyDeleteVOTE in November - regardless if you have issues or not!