Rachel Maddow Says New York Prosecutors Could Fast-Track tRump Tax Return Subpoena

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Rachel Maddow said on Thursday night that she isn’t completely convinced that the subpoena over Donald Trump’s tax returns will have to wait until after the election to be resolved, as many legal and political experts have concluded.

According to the MSNBC host, it’s possible for investigators to fast-track the process, which opens up the possibility of resolving the fight over the president’s financial documents before the November election.

“They might try to go faster, if they want to,” Maddow said. “They could file a motion to accelerate the entry of this Supreme Court opinion into the docket to try to get that trip to the lower courts fast-tracked to start the fight over the subpoena, which shouldn’t take forever to resolve.”

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- PoliticusUSA

Was that Rachel doing a hint-hint???

[Hoyt]

1. Yeah, I remember when she hyped his return before. What a bust.

[lagomorph777]

8. This time would be for reals though. NY DA, not a TV show.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Goldman disagreed with her.

[lagomorph777]

9. Katyal agrees with her.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Is Vance one of the prosecutors?

I am starting to have doubts about him.

"In 2010, Ivanka and Don Jr were nearly indicted for felony fraud. The district attorney who dropped the case -- after a hefty donation from Trump's lawyer -- was Cy Vance.

SCOTUS ruled that Vance, not Congress, can access Trump's tax returns."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13727265

[lostnfound]

7. Me too. Something about how he handles cases seems compromised. Nt

[FBaggins]

4. I doubt they can

If you look at the remaining lines of defense that they explicitly left Trump at the end of the ruling... his case would only be strengthened by a prosecutor that tries to accelerate the process in this way.

The ruling probably means that any NY crime evidenced by his tax documents will eventually come to be know... but the chances of it happening before the election is virtually zero.

[wishstar]

5. But he will appeal subpoena to lower court to drag it out again

[FBaggins]

6. Right. The "absolute immunity" nonsense was just a big stall

But a stall that worked.