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SWBTATTReg

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23. UPDATE: Great news on the POS' tax returns.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 12:35 PM
Jul 2020

TITLE: Supreme Court grants NY prosecutors access to Trump's tax returns, rebuffs Congress

The Supreme Court in a split decision on Thursday granted New York state prosecutors access to President Trump
’s tax returns, even as it shielded a trove of his financial records from Congress. The justices upheld a Manhattan district attorney subpoena for eight years of Trump’s financial documents, including his personal and corporate tax returns. But they declined to grant Congress access to records subpoenaed by a trio of Democratic-led House committees. Both cases were decided by a 7-2 vote.

The ruling in the New York dispute makes it more likely that Trump's tax returns are eventually made public, though it’s unclear if they would be disclosed before the November general election. More fundamentally, the decision flatly rejects Trump’s argument that a sitting president enjoys absolute immunity from investigations.

ALSO: Someone needs to tell Barr too that the PINO does NOT have absolute immunity!!!

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Nah, we're due one soothsayer Jul 2020 #1
Nah, If We Were Going To Get One... jayfish Jul 2020 #4
Ha, the tax thing is 'little' soothsayer Jul 2020 #8
In Trumplandia... jayfish Jul 2020 #12
Today's decisions were both 7-2 Polybius Jul 2020 #2
5-4 in favor of DumDum COLGATE4 Jul 2020 #18
Why? PTWB Jul 2020 #3
This soothsayer Jul 2020 #6
I DID imply "latest" in my post. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #9
To me, latest would encompass the current court term. PTWB Jul 2020 #15
You have more faith in this current SCOTUS than I. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #16
They have nothing to do with each other as to the law. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5
My money is on a 5-4 split berni_mccoy Jul 2020 #7
I think your money is safe. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #10
+1. Robers is a Republican, and he wants to be remembered as a good Republican. dalton99a Jul 2020 #11
I think the opposite. Roberts believes strongly in judicial precedent... cbdo2007 Jul 2020 #13
But he hit his head soothsayer Jul 2020 #19
lol touche' cbdo2007 Jul 2020 #21
I agree. His returns will not be released, even to Congress, until after the election. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #14
I think they will rule on the tax returns being released. rump is SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #17
UPDATE: Great news on the POS' tax returns. SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #23
Agree!! Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #20
Agreed, FaC Senor Insomne Jul 2020 #22
Cheer up New York has copies. pwb Jul 2020 #24
I am happy to be wrong... Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #25
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