Supreme Court says Manhattan prosecutor may see Trump's personal financial records

[ancianita]

Source: Washington Post

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a New York prosecutor is entitled to see President Trump's private and business financial records, ending an intense legal battle waged by the president to keep them secret.

The court said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. had the authority to subpoena the records from Trump's private accounting firm. Trump had claimed an immunity from criminal investigations while in office.

The court will rule later Thursday on subpoenas issues by congressional committees for a broader range of Trump's financial records.


Washington Post Update Breaking: Supreme Court blocks House Democrats from accessing Trump's financial records, for now

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-trump-tax-returns-financial-records/2020/07/09/8f274352-c1e2-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html

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Seeing Trump's financial records is a BIG win. They're much more detailed than his tax records.


Guess Democrats won't see Trump's records. For now.

[safeinOhio]

1. Criminal case expected

in NY for sure.

[Maraya1969]

2. How does that make them available to the public? FOIA?

[ancianita]

3. Very likely. Also, after prosecutions begin, they're probably public. Don't forget the

moves that Barr can make on the district behind this decision. We'll find out. He might lose his nerve, being on the cusp of impeachment as it is.

[eggplant]

18. This is a state court issue (NYAG), not federal (SDNY), so Barr has no influence.

[ancianita]

19. Ah, okay. I was unaware and thought it was through SDNY. Thank you.

[eggplant]

31. My mistake, it is the Manhattan DA (Vance), not NYAG (James).

But is still not federal.

[ancianita]

20. Eliminating Barr now makes the publicizing of the records more likely once the prosecution

begins.

These prosecutors had better watch their backs once the 'defendent' is rage tweeting dog whistles.

[BlueIdaho]

17. Not likely any time soon...

The release is to the state AG is for use in a grand jury. They won’t appear in public until and unless Trump goes to trial in NY state.

[marie999]

29. So the grand jury will see these records.

I am assuming that the members of the grand jury will not include anyone who has had a close family member die from the Covid-19 because we wouldn't want anyone to leak the documents.

[BlueIdaho]

30. I appreciate your sarcasm but...

My understanding is the grand jury has already been seated and is awaiting the documents. I could be wrong... but that’s my belief. Given it’s a New York State grand Jury the chances of a relative having covid are highly likely. 😉

[mountain grammy]

4. Roberts made a deal..worst umpire ever.

[ancianita]

8. I'm sure he was purely constitutional in his rebalancing the DOJ's power and

Congress' oversight. I figured as long as the court was staying strictly constitutional, this was really not a surprising decision, as shown by the 7-2 ruling.

[Bayard]

5. WOOOOOO.....WOOT!!

So if he resigns or gets pardoned, that doesn't do anything to the state case, right?

[ancianita]

9. Right.

[lagomorph777]

6. It seems the reality is more nuanced.

Looks to me like SCROTUS punted on both Trump tax decisions; sent them back to lower courts with a list of arguments Trump can try again.

[ancianita]

10. Yes. But now that SCOTUS has ruled publicly, one never knows how/when some records might leak.

[DownriverDem]

12. Exactly

I thought the same thing. Of course trump is already tweeting that he's the victim.

[lagomorph777]

13. Not before more months of lower court runaround.

So...some time AFTER we un-elect Trump.

[ancianita]

16. Maybe before. Because once the Manhattan case begins, other courts might drop it or issue

moot rulings. SCOTUS is letting them decide, but that might come quickly.

[MichMan]

7. Doubt they will ever be made public

I don't believe FOIA applies to a government employees private financial records.

[DownriverDem]

11. Raise your hand if

you think trump's tax returns will be leaked?

[lagomorph777]

14. Hand raised. I place my bet on October 2021.

[vlyons]

21. Ah yes, the October surprise

nt

[lagomorph777]

22. Well, sorta. Only in off-year elections, such as Virginia state elections.

[ancianita]

15. ...

[Lock him up.]

27. You mean 1 Brave Patriot will rise up to the occasion and save the US of A from Putin?

And

MAKE JUSTICE GREAT AGAIN

and

LOCK HIM UP

[getagrip_already]

23. What happens if the house subpoena's them from NYS?

Or merely requests them?

Surely, a state prosecutor can respond to a request without violating any laws, correct?

[ancianita]

24. I'm no lawyer but you sound like you've got something there.

And the House would get them in a timely way that would enable them to begin new impeachment proceedings.

If I recall correctly, that's core to an impeachment article they'd been working on since last year.

[Warpy]

25. Cue a mad rush to find a stooge to put into office

who might be qualified enough to skim past Senate approval. Their last idea, a guy who hadn't prosecuted a jaywalking ticket, didn't fare too well even as an "acting" appointment.

They're going to want to run out the clock. After the election, they'll give up trying to block this because they think it will be irrelevant.

It won't be, win or lose.

[ancianita]

26. By whom? Vance is a Manhattan district attorney, so Congress & Barr can't touch him.

He's gotten a lot of big case convictions under his belt, too.

[Lock him up.]

28. New York STATE law.

Orange maggot is toast. (And all the others doing tax shenanigans like that too.)

MAKE JUSTICE GREAT AGAIN

LOCK HIM UP