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SCOTUS on Thursday ruled that Manhattan’s chief prosecutor can obtain troves of President Trump’s business records and tax returns, which Dems are touting as a momentous defeat for the president in his efforts to shield his personal financial information from state investigators.<\/p>\n
This is quite true. But…
\nWhile the court actually found yes, his tax records may indeed be subpoenaed by a prosecuting attorney like anyone else’s, they also declined to rule if Congress can access those records, and kicked that case back to the lower courts. Score 7-2 in both.<\/p>\n
Skippy sends.<\/p>\n
The court has thrown both cases back to lower courts<\/strong><\/em> The rulings are on brand for the court under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, avoiding a fraught political issue in the middle of an election year, and ruling narrowly on major disputes, especially those involving conflicts between the other branches.<\/p>\n Vance had subpoenaed Trump’s records as part of a criminal investigation into potential wrongdoing by the president and his organization. Multiple House committees had subpoenaed Trump’s records ostensibly as part of an effort at oversight and to inform potential legislation. Both rulings were 7-2.<\/p>\n “President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need,” Roberts wrote in the court’s majority opinion in the New York case. The court limited its ruling and the arguments before it to whether Trump has “absolute immunity” and state prosecutors are required to show a “heightened need” in order to obtain documents as part of investigations into a president.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The immunity issue likely won’t have much, if any, affect on the upcoming election, but my cause Trump ass-pain farther down the road. Denying Dems immediate access to those records has to burn now, though.
\nBy: Tyler Olson, Ronn Blitzer<\/strong\n\n\n\nThe Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President Trump is not immune to a subpoena from Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. over his financial and tax records and declined in a separate case to issue a definitive ruling on whether congressional committees can have access to Trump’s financial records, throwing both issues back to lower courts.<\/p>\n
\n*grin*
\nThanks, Skippy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"