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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTakeaways from the Trump tax-return ruling Federal judge orders Trump to hand over tax returns
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/08/presidents-dont-have-limitless-immunity-other-takeaways-trump-tax-return-rulingDeanna Paul
Oct. 8, 2019 at 12:03 p.m. CDT
On Monday, a federal judge in New York dismissed President Trumps lawsuit seeking to block state prosecutors from obtaining his tax returns.
Trumps attorneys immediately filed an emergency appeal to the 2nd Circuit, asking the court to temporarily put the case on hold and delay a ruling that would compel his accountants to comply with the Manhattan district attorneys subpoena and turn over eight years of the presidents personal and corporate financial documents.
For now, the lawsuit is still pending. The appeals court could hear oral arguments as early as the week of Oct. 21, and depending on the outcome, either side may try to take it up to the Supreme Court.
1. A sitting president is not immune from criminal investigation.
Michael Cohen, the presidents former personal attorney, pleaded guilty to two federal crimes last year that arose from an arrangement to pay off adult-film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 and silence stories of an extramarital affair with Trump. The hush money which constituted a campaign-finance violation directly implicated the president and his businesses in a slew of illegal activity, including tax fraud and public disclosure crimes.
Now, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance is investigating whether any state laws were violated, too. Trump is fighting a grand jury subpoena from the district attorneys office ordering Mazars USA, his accounting firm, to turn over a bundle of documents dating to 2011 that involved the president, his businesses and many third parties.
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Takeaways from the Trump tax-return ruling Federal judge orders Trump to hand over tax returns (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2019
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ProudMNDemocrat
(16,481 posts)1. Trump says he has NOTHING to hide....
is doing his utmost to HIDE what is in those tax returns that Michael Cohen spilled the beans on.
For Trump IS the Trump Organization.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)2. Would be the coolest project of all time...if we ever
got it all. Tax returns, all loan documents, all balance sheets and income statements - personal and business. Throw in his presidential financials, his father's financials and trs. Hey why not..All NDAs, the outtakes from the Apprentice, all immigration papers for Malaria, all bonafide doctor records...what else.
Picture like in the movies when the feds take over a massive warehouse and set up computers and doc files!!!