Trump fails to block tax return subpoena from Manhattan district attorney

[Princess Turandot]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s effort to block Manhattan’s district attorney from obtaining eight years of his tax returns for a criminal probe into the U.S. president and his businesses.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said enforcement of the subpoena could be stayed, as agreed to by the parties, should Trump appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S27Q

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. So this issue is off to the SC now?

[lagomorph777]

3. Again? After SCROTUS already rejected it?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Just getting ready to post NYT article

Manhattan D.A. Can Obtain Trump’s Tax Returns, Judges Rule

William K. Rashbaum

By Benjamin Weiser and William K. Rashbaum

Oct. 7, 2020, 9:53 a.m. ET

The Manhattan district attorney can enforce a subpoena seeking President Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns, a federal appeals panel ruled on Wednesday, dealing another blow to the president’s yearlong battle to keep his financial records out of the hands of state prosecutors. The ruling by three-judge panel in New York rejected the president’s argument that the subpoena should be blocked because it was too broad and amounted to political harassment from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat.

Mr. Trump is expected to try to appeal the decision in the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Vance has said that his office will not enforce the subpoena for 12 days in exchange for the president’s lawyers agreeing to move quickly. The president and Mr. Vance have been locked in a bitterly contested legal dispute since August 2019, when Mr. Vance’s office first subpoenaed eight years of Mr. Trump’s tax returns and other financial records from his accounting firm, Mazars USA. The subpoena is part of an investigation into Mr. Trump and his business practices.

Mr. Vance has not revealed the scope of his office’s criminal inquiry, citing grand jury secrecy. But prosecutors have suggested in court papers that they are looking at a range of potential crimes, including tax and insurance fraud and falsification of business records. They have said that the tax records are central to the investigation.

The decision marks the fifth time courts have rebuffed the president’s attempts to block the subpoena. Mr. Trump has tried several arguments, first asserting last year that as a sitting president, he was immune from criminal investigation. That question, which had never been tested in the courts, eventually ended up in the Supreme Court. In July, the justices issued a landmark decision rejecting the president’s immunity claim but saying he could challenge the subpoena on other grounds, such as its scope and relevance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/nyregion/donald-trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html

[Marthe48]

4. I like reading about taxes, especially when he loses his lawsuits

I hope he rots in jail. He might spend his time and our money filing frivolous lawsuits, but he won't be running loose.

[zanana1]

7. I have a hard time picturing Trump in jail.

He's been getting away with criminal activity all his life.

[Marthe48]

8. Things like this will occupy the rest of his life

He will have no peace, no resolution. He will run through one set of lawyers after another. Dems will appoint judges to mitigate the riffraff the r's shoved onto the bench. Between his advanced age, his running off anyone stupid enough to work for him, and Covid-19 killing off his likely supporters and legal teams, he may not go to jail, but he'll die trying to stay out.

[zanana1]

5. The Supreme Court will be good to Donny.

[ancianita]

6. Probably why the WH rush to get Barret on the bench first and why the Covid aid bill is out.

[bluestarone]

9. OK. I really gotta say, WHY does Vanc NOT enforce the subpoena?

I hope some of our Smarter members here can help me understand this? How many opportunities does the SC. get? I really fear they will decide against Vance when they load it up!!

[Karma13612]

10. I know.

If Vance hadn’t agreed to hold off the enforcement, waiting for further appeals, he could be receiving the docs by now.
He and his team could be, right this minute, looking at the guts of Trump’s nasty little financial dealings.

This is just so infuriating.

You know if the tables were reversed, the republicans would be all over this stuff.