Trump urges keeping tax returns away from Manhattan's top prosecutor

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court on Monday not to let Manhattan’s top prosecutor get eight years of his tax returns, saying the handover would cause him irreparable harm.

The argument was made in a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, which on Tuesday will hear oral arguments on Trump’s bid to delay Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s subpoena for the returns during Trump’s appeal.

If the appeals court were to reject a delay, Trump requested an administrative stay to give the U.S. Supreme Court sufficient time to consider his request, the filing said.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-vance-idUSKBN25R2SQ

[progressive nobody]

1. This must be exhibit A to Trump's Russian ties.

[lagomorph777]

21. Russia ties and probably a LOT more. The harder he fights, the worse we know it is.

[progressive nobody]

26. BINGO!!!

[dchill]

2. "...cause him irreparable harm."

As it should. Sauce for the goose.

[SergeStorms]

18. Just like Al Capone's tax returns...

caused "irreparable harm" to Mr. Capone. Yeah, that's the thing about cheating on your taxes, Donny.

[riversedge]

24. past time for this to happen.

[Chainfire]

3. For what reason could the release of a tax filing cause irreparable harm?

What kind of dirty secrets is hidden there....Only the shadow knows.

[jmowreader]

4. "If people find out I only made $50k last year, they'll stop believing anything else I say"

What keeps Trump up at night isn't the notion that someone's going to find criminal activity in his tax returns. It is that if his returns get into the wrong hands (read: anyone not employed by Trump), people are going to find out a department manager at Walmart made more money in 2016 than he did.

[pansypoo53219]

5. sounds like bad shit for him in there. SUNSHINE.

[ybbor]

6. "Irreparable harm"

Only happens to someone who is guilty of something.

I hate that POS so fucking much!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Or, "Irreparable harm" is something Trump loves ...

... to inflict on others.

Firing life-long government employees a few weeks before they're eligible for retirement benefits: priceless.

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Yep! (n/t)

[aggiesal]

7. And NOT releasing ...

will cause irreparable harm to the other 330M citizens and the Costitution.

Release his taxes.

[relayerbob]

8. "Irreparable harm" ..... umm....

That's the point, you moron.

You're covering up illegal behavior and activities. You should suffer irreparable harm in a prison of the people's choice.

[TeamPooka]

9. That should be his new campaign ad. "If the American people see my taxes it will cause me

irreparable harm. I'm Donald Trump and I approved this message because I filed it in court."

[iluvtennis]

10. "Trump requested an administrative stay to give the U.S. Supreme Court sufficient time

to consider his [appeal]request".

So the NY prosecutor could still be delayed in getting the tax returns - gosh, I so despise trump.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. My taxes wouldn't cause me "irreparable harm".

and if I said they would, it'd probably be cause to take a look.

just sayin'

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. My taxes would, if, by "irreparable harm", you mean "uncontrollable laughter". nt

[Snoopy 7]

14. wow

Trump is saying he has to keep his innocence image by covering up his criminality? After all he has to keep his position, by getting reelected, in order to keep helping Americans? I'm sorry but it's his kind of help that we can do without.

[Le Roi de Pot]

16. Imagine a murderer obstructing the prosecutors from obtaining/using fingerprints

At the murder scene saying it would cause him irrerable harm.


Seriously? What a stupid argument!!!

[nwliberalkiwi]

17. Financial House of Cards

Besides the obvious question of criminality, there may be the question about a financial house of cards that could destroy the Trump corporations!!!

[orangecrush]

19. The only irreparable harm

Is what he's done to America.

[Scarsdale]

20. Amen!

Not only has done, is still doing. He has caused irreparable harm to the USPS, the CIA, FBI, EPA and others. Four years is too long to wait. Other presidents were honest enough to be open with their taxes, why not Don the Con? He never should have been allowed to keep this secret, anyway.

[AZ8theist]

22. Wait a minute!!!!!! I thought Vance dropped this request last week????

[MissMillie]

23. Harm, Mr. Trump?

Why is that? If the returns are on the up-and-up, what harm could there be?

[sarcasmo]

25. Trump taxes are a treasure trove of crimes.

[cstanleytech]

27. To early to chant "lock him up" as well as point out that only criminals have anything to fear

to paraphrase Trump.