Trump rages at Supreme Court over tax records case, claims 'political prosecution'

[yortsed snacilbuper]

President Donald Trump was furious over the Supreme Court's rulings Thursday morning, after justices handed down a split decision over whether he can shield his tax records from investigators.

Trump also complained that he was the victim of "political prosecution," although he is not, in fact, being prosecuted in either case.

The decisions handed a win to the Manhattan district attorney, but rejected parallel efforts by Democrats in the House of Representatives.


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[C_U_L8R]

1. This was no win for Trump.

His brand is now called LOSER.

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. Seems like a win to me

Issue about congressonal access kicked back to lower court, insuring it will not be decided until after the election (meaning probably never), and the "win" for Vance means Barr will shut down the entire process to protect Trump as soon as Vance tries to actually get the records, if not before.

[C_U_L8R]

21. Trump will be hammered with this from here to Election Day.

Sure we may not see his actual taxes before Election Day - but the big political and messaging and brand liability is that Trump is very actively hiding his taxes. This whole issue has just taken on new energy that Trump will pay for. Joe is already on the job.

[Miguelito Loveless]

23. OK, I can agree with that

We have going to need a lot of hammers to overcome all of the cheating and discrediting of the process that Trump is going to engage in with the help of his Russian master.

[C_U_L8R]

24. Yes. Lots and lots of hammers.

We are all hammers

[Guilded Lilly]

2. When is this impeached wretch not furious? n/t

[SoonerPride]

3. When he's eating hamberders and Putin tells him he's special.

[Bayard]

5. I don't know how he hasn't had a stroke yet

A person that full of rage, hatred, and malice, usually has a short life span.

[Guilded Lilly]

22. That's assuming there is human blood in his veins and brain!

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[DarthDem]

4. The article is wrong

The Court did not "reject[] parallel efforts by Democrats." Not at all. It did the opposite. The author got a little mixed up.

[Coleman]

7. Basically they told the lower court to do their job

Instead of passing it off to the next higher court, who passed it off ...

[jcgoldie]

19. Then why did they take up the case other than to run out the clock?

Couldn't they have sent it back to lower courts without 6 months of debate?

[kimbutgar]

6. Looked at his twitter feed is sputtering mad and I love it

Will he try to nuke a state or country today as payback.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Link to the original article (I hate MSN):

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/09/supreme-court-trump-tax-records.html And CNBC didn't correctly characterize the Congressional subpoena case; Democrats didn't lose. The result was the same as in the Vance case. Both go back to lower courts with instructions to apply specific standards. I hate sloppy legal reporting even more than I hate click-baity MSN.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. But still they punted, as I guessed they would the other day...

Isn't sending it all back to the lower courts a way of avoiding making a distasteful decision?

At any rate, no disclosure of taxes or finances until after the election. So why is Trump pissed.

(Except that he's always pissed...)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. He's probably furious that his hand-picked justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh

joined in two majority decisions holding that presidents can't ignore subpoenas.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. He's already hinted that "his" judges should work for him. not the law.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Wasn't he surprised!

[LiberalFighter]

18. Tucker Higgins is an idiot reporter.

[grumpyduck]

9. Er... did he mean "persecution?"

I'd be very concerned if a POTUS doesn't know the difference.

Or then again, it could have been a typo. In which case I'd be very concerned...

[jcgoldie]

20. Of course he doesn't know the difference...

He thinks "one hundredth time" is written 1/100th... he's a moron.

[Under The Radar]

10. Dems got what they deserved. Poor argument for legislative powers

Was rejected, when the stronger argument for oversight and subpoena power in oversight investigations. The sole right for impeachment belongs to congress and therefore shall be allowed to investigate. That gives SCOTUS no choice but to fall back on their Nixon and Clinton decisions that the Presidential powers do not supersede congress’.

[dustyscamp]

13. Hopefully Karma keeps on knocking down that Orange Clown

Link to tweet

[Baitball Blogger]

14. A whiner, a flip-flopper, an adulter.

What that tells you is that the Republicans could not achieve their objectives without electing someone who represents the worst of their qualities. Which should also tell you something about their objectives.

[Brainfodder]

25. LOSING

Better get used to it, bub.



I almost want to look at twitter, almost.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Boohoo