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LAST SUMMER the Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump’s assertion of “absolute immunity” from being investigated while in office. Cyrus Vance, Manhattan’s district attorney, had subpoenaed Mazars USA, Mr Trump’s accounting firm, for financial records, which the then-president wanted to keep private. “[N]o citizen, not even the president”, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a 7-2 majority, “is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding.” But the Supreme Court gave Mr Trump a lifeline: one more chance to make less outlandish arguments against the subpoena in the lower courts. Mr Trump lost again, and on October 13th ran once more to the justices for relief. An unusual four months of radio silence ensued from the high court, but word finally came on February 22nd, when the justices rejected Mr Trump’s plea.
In a major defeat for former president Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday denied his last-ditch effort to keep New York prosecutors from seeing his tax returns and other financial records.
What NY prosecutors could learn from former President Trump s tax records Share Updated: 5:24 AM EST Feb 23, 2021 By JIM MUSTIAN and DAVID B. CARUSO
What NY prosecutors could learn from former President Trump s tax records Share Updated: 5:24 AM EST Feb 23, 2021
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Show Transcript Well, there s a lawful lot of information the advanced and the grand jury will will receive. I mean, they they re not only getting the tax returns, they re also getting the accountant s work papers. They re getting the engagement letters. That is what is What did Trump asked them to dio Andi Under what circumstances? They re getting eight years of returns. Um, and all of that other information. Now, of course, the rub is that you and I are not likely to learn anything from it because grand jury, uh, material and testimony is secret Onda Only if Trump is indicted. Well, we find out, uh, mawr about what the grand jury has learned. I do think it s I do
When New York prosecutors finally get to examine the federal tax returns of former President Donald J. Trump, they will discover a veritable how-to guide for getting rich while losing millions of dollars and paying little to no income taxes.