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| The Supreme Court told Trump to hand over his taxes to |
Huge blow to Donald J. Trump.
The ruling will impact the U.S. election and also give American lawmakers a peak into how Trump became a billionaire. It will also reveal possible interactions with the Russian Federation.
Trump will continue to not show his taxes despite the Court's ruling.
The decision was 7-2.
The justices said that in the ruling that Trump cannot claim immunity from all investigations to stop his bank and accountants from handing over his tax returns going back to 2011. That New York state attorney Cyrus Vance is within his constitutional rights to obtain documents and tax returns from Trump. House and Senate lawmakers can subpoena
Trump has fought this biterly. He initially told the junk food media and Congress that he's still facing audits and he's trying to get his work together.
He showed his frustration on social media.
POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
We have a totally corrupt previous Administration, including a President and Vice President who spied on my campaign, AND GOT CAUGHT...and nothing happens to them. This crime was taking place even before my election, everyone knows it, and yet all are frozen stiff with fear....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
...Won all against the Federal Government and the Democrats send everything to politically corrupt New York, which is falling apart with everyone leaving, to give it a second, third and fourth try. Now the Supreme Court gives a delay ruling that they would never have given...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
....for another President. This is about PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT. We catch the other side SPYING on my campaign, the biggest political crime and scandal in U.S. history, and NOTHING HAPPENS. But despite this, I have done more than any President in history in first 3 1/2 years!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
Courts in the past have given “broad deference”. BUT NOT ME!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
The Supreme Court sends case back to Lower Court, arguments to continue. This is all a political prosecution. I won the Mueller Witch Hunt, and others, and now I have to keep fighting in a politically corrupt New York. Not fair to this Presidency or Administration!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
“We know what took place. We have already seen criminality. What is happening? Biggest political scandal of our time.” @MariaBartiromo You are 100% correct, Maria, it is a disgrace that nothing happens. Obama and Biden spied on my campaign, AND GOT CAUGHT...BUT NOTHING!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
For the 1/100th time, the reason we show so many Cases, compared to other countries that haven’t done nearly as well as we have, is that our TESTING is much bigger and better. We have tested 40,000,000 people. If we did 20,000,000 instead, Cases would be half, etc. NOT REPORTED!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
Chief Justice John Roberts along with Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Elena Kagan said that Trump is not above the law.
Kavanaugh and Gorsuch were picked by Trump and they sided with Roberts and the progressives.
Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas sided with Trump on the matter.
Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow, a conservative radio host and podcaster really fumbled in the Court. He argued for that Trump's tax returns were not available to the public due to ongoing issues with his accountants.
The public won't see the taxes just yet but it will be available to the federal courts and Congress.
Trump had paid hush money to adult entertainer and activist Stormy Daniels in a non-disclosure agreement. Trump hid allegations of an affair from the public during his run for president.
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| Trump is not above the law. He must hand over taxes to the federal prosecutors. |
The feds ordered Mazars USA and Deutsche Bank to hand over the tax returns and personal finances.
They must comply with the order or face non-compliance to federal order criminal charges/
Trump v. Vance was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held Article II and the Supremacy Clause do not categorically preclude, or require a heightened standard for, the issuance of a state criminal subpoena to a sitting President.
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.
"In our judicial system, 'the public has a right to every man's evidence,'" Roberts wrote for the majority. "Since the earliest days of the Republic, 'every man' has included the President of the United States."
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