The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President Trump is not immune from a subpoena over his financial and tax records to Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. — and declined in a separate case to issue a definitive ruling on whether congressional committees can have access to Trump’s financial records, throwing both issues back to lower courts.
The rulings are on-brand for the court under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, avoiding a fraught political issue in the middle of an election year, and ruling narrowly on major disputes, especially those involving conflicts between the other branches.
“President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need,” Roberts wrote in the court’s majority opinion in the New York case. The court limited its ruling and the arguments before it to whether Trump has “absolute immunity” and state prosecutors are required to show a “heightened need” in order to obtain documents as part of investigations into a president.
Excerpt from Fox News.
They only want Trump’s tax documents so they can go on a fishing expedition and ask a million pointless questions about line 348 from back in 2011. Anything to throw a monkey wrench into the gears and try to stop the Trump Train.
Yep get Trump. What was that? Do we have a policy to offer in return? What are you talking about? We have to go after Trump.
This is “bizzarro world” logic to me.
IMO EVERY politician, from a small town mayor, on up to everyone in congress, should be required to release their taxes, YEARLY…
They used the Russian collusion garbage to go on this fishing expedition. But the question is: when does Manhattan’s DA leak it to Schiff?
AS soon as he gets it of course. THAT IS WHY they are pushing this IN NY..
Instead of harassing a sitting president how about going after Deblasio’s wife who stole 1.5 Billion in tax payer funds or Cuomo who killed hundreds by forcing infected seniors into nursing homes.
That would require they actually ya know, UPHELD THEIR oath to abide by our laws and constitution..
American citizens are supposed to have the right to privacy. The invasion of their personal business to spread all over the internet is a good case for a lawsuit. President Trump has been slandered, harassed and threatened by these low life anarchists, continuously. Even the book by his niece has been proven to have lies in it. But the media has sure protected the charity scams by Biden, and the Clintons.