House Democrats cannot immediately access President Trump's tax and financial records, after court r

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

House Democrats cannot immediately access President Trump’s tax and financial records, after court ruling
By
Ann E. Marimow
Dec. 30, 2020 at 12:38 p.m. CST

President Trump ran out the clock Wednesday in his long-running legal battle to shield his tax and financial records from Congress when a federal appeals court declined to rule on the matter and sent the case back to a lower court.

The brief order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit does not mean that the effort by House Democrats to access Trump’s business records is over. But the congressional term will expire and Trump will leave office in January without having his financial data turned over to lawmakers.

The D.C. Circuit emphasized that it was not taking sides. The one-page order noted that the House intends to reissue the subpoena to Trump’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, at the start of the new Congress next week.

“We express no view as to whether this case will become moot when the subpoena expires or as to the merits of the parties’ arguments,” according to the unsigned order from Judges David S. Tatel, Patricia A. Millett and Neomi Rao.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-taxes-house-lawsuit/2020/12/30/47dbf89c-24ef-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html

[soothsayer]

1. That's ok, others are coming for his records

[They_Live]

2. He is a direct threat

to national security. That used to be a big deal, right?

[PSPS]

3. The statute says that the IRS commissioner "shall provide" the returns when requested by Congress

Once trump's toady/henchman is removed, I presume the IRS will start complying with the law again.

[getagrip_already]

4. they would if there were any records to release.....

The head of the irs vacuumed up all of trumps returns for "security reasons" and locked them up. All the data, even digital, was removed from records..

What really makes anyone think that mystery safe will have anything in it when they look?

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Maybe Geraldo can open that safe on live TV??

[Karma13612]

7. Do you have a news story I can

Read on that?

Is that legal?

[NYC Liberal]

9. Here:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/15/john-koskinen-taxes-215830

[MichMan]

5. I thought the NY Times had them all ?

[Nitram]

8. He's running out of time, and he's down to grasping at straws at this point. Enjoy the humiliation

and misery that is to come for Donald Trump: failed con, failed president, and failed businessman. Failed human being, for that matter.