U.S. Supreme Court wary of presidential 'harassment' in Trump finances fight

[yuiyoshida]

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Ridiculous. Oversight goes with the territory. Whining about it is for Snowflakes. /nt

[panfluteman]

2. If Trump Gets Away With This One,

There goes the rule of law and congressional oversight. SCOTUS ruled against both Nixon and Clinton by unanimous decision; just the mere fact that the court is so divided over such matters, when it used to be unanimous, is very, very troubling. The precedent that a ruling in favor of Trump would set would be very, very damaging to our democracy.

[cstanleytech]

3. I think in the end the case will be immaterial as I suspect Trump plans to flee the country on the

very last day in office as he knows that regardless he is looking at a number of potential criminal charges both at the state and federal level.
That means he will be hopping on a jet to some country that will be unlikely to extradite him to the US and if I was going to wager money on which country it would be to Russia.

[yuiyoshida]

4. One would think that if Federal Marshalls aren't waiting for him

The New York Department of Justice certainly is. He would have to bail before Biden is sworn in, but hopefully the Secret Service will do their duty and keeping him contained.

[rpannier]

5. He'd likely fly out of D.C. on a private plane.

Plane takes off and "veers off course" toward some country without extradition.
He'll likely leave before Biden' Inauguration
At that point, not sure what the Secret Service on the plane could do, especially if they discover it out of U.S. jurisdiction
And definitely, if he has some private security on the plane
The thing to watch for, if he's moving the vast majority, or all his assets into off-shore accounts he's fleeing