'2nd Circuit Court Appeals unanimously rules that the prez is not immune from investigative steps' [View all]

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Trump tax returns must go to grand jury, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s tax returns must be turned over to a local grand jury in Manhattan — a legal blow for the president's attempts to stymie a broad array of investigations.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court Appeals unanimously ruled that the president is not immune from investigative steps taken by state prosecutors, such as a grand jury subpoena. Trump now plans to go to the Supreme Court.
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“The President has not persuasively explained why, if executive privilege did not preclude enforcement of the subpoena issued in Nixon, the Mazars subpoena must be enjoined despite seeking no privileged information and bearing no relation to the President’s performance of his official functions,” Katzmann wrote.

“We are not faced, in this case, with the President’s arrest or imprisonment, or with an order compelling him to attend court at a particular time or place, or, indeed, with an order that compels the President himself to do anything," the judge added. "The subpoena at issue is directed not to the President, but to his accountants; compliance does not require the President to do anything at all." - Politico

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