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(Reuters) - After a lengthy court battle, the Manhattan District Attorney is in possession of Donald Trump s tax returns and other financial records as part of a criminal investigation into the former president and his family-run Trump Organization, a spokesman for the office confirmed on Thursday.
The New York prosecutor s office obtained the voluminous records on Monday, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump s latest attempt to keep his longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, from turning over the records.
Danny Frost, a spokesman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, confirmed the office s receipt of the documents, which came some 18 months after a subpoena was issued for them.
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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., shown here in 2019, is in possession of former President Donald Trump s tax returns. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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The Manhattan district attorney s office is in possession of Donald Trump s tax returns, following a years-long effort by the former president to shield his finances and business affairs from scrutiny.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. confirmed to NPR over email that his office obtained the records on Monday. That same day, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Trump s request to further delay the enforcement of a subpoena, paving the way for a New York grand jury to obtain and review the sought-after financial documents.
The Hill reports that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has obtained former President Trump’s tax returns. This is as a result of a Supreme Court decision.
CNN, which first reported on the new development, reported that prosecutors have obtained millions of pages of documents, including tax returns from January 2011 to August 2019, financial statements, and documents concerning the preparation and review of the tax returns.
The district attorney’s office obtained the documents from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, which it had subpoenaed in 2019 as part of a grand jury investigation.
They are supposed to be kept secret, according to grand jury rules, but that won’t happen.