Round #2 is likely too be before a Appeals Court…
Trump’s lawyers are already to appeal this ….
The final round should be before the Supreme’s
IN the end?
Donald Trump , His US Justice Department and His lawyers ARE gonna lose this…
They HAVE to….
If the judges back Trump?
They are essentially allowing an American President to rise above the part in Constitution that gives the Congress the ability to check the executive branch and a President ….
It WOULD give a President Trump carte blanc to do whatever he wanted with NO oversight whatsoever ….
Next would be judges, no doubt….
President Trump on Monday lost an early round of his court fight with Democrats after a federal judge ruled the president’s accounting firm must turn over his financial records to Congress as lawmakers seek to assert their oversight authority.
Trump called the 41-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta of the District of Columbia “crazy” and said he would appeal, adding: “We think it’s totally the wrong decision by, obviously, an Obama-appointed judge.”
[Read the judge’s opinion here]
Lawyers for the president are fighting document and witness subpoenas on multiple fronts, and Mehta’s ruling came hours after former White House counsel Donald McGahn was directed not to appear before a congressional committee seeking testimony about his conversations with Trump.
Congressional Democrats have vowed to fight for evidence of potential misconduct by Trump and those close to him, and the president’s legal team is broadly resisting those efforts. How those fights play out in court in the months ahead could impact the 2020 presidential race.
In his decision, Mehta flatly rejected arguments from the president’s lawyers that the House Oversight Committee’s demands for the records from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, were overly broad and served no legitimate legislative function.
President Trump is locked in a battle over congressional subpoenas, including from the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), right. (Jabin Botsford; Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)
“It is simply not fathomable,” the judge wrote, “that a Constitution that grants Congress the power to remove a President for reasons including criminal behavior would deny Congress the power to investigate him for unlawful conduct — past or present — even without formally opening an impeachment inquiry.”…
This could go wrong for awhile.
Should have read…
This could go on for awhile. Sorry.
Could it go from the Circuit straight to the Supreme’s?
I canNOT see Trump winning on any of this…
Congress clearly has the right to check on the executive branch…
It’s like the Board checking on its CEO….
He very well may lose in the end.
I’m simply pointing out that it could go on for awhile.
If I was Trumps lawyer I certainly would drag it out as long as possible while searching for some technical angle .
It could come down against them in the late fall or begiing of the primaries muddying the waters for Trump early next year….
Jack, Your response appears to suggest that Trump’s obstruction is appropriate or at least acceptable. Is that your position?
Hmmmm?
No ,just noting that legal maneuvers could drag this out for awhile.
Ok – thanks. I interpreted your comment “I certainly would drag it out as long as possible” to imply that that is acceptable conduct for a president.
I was noting that a lawyers job is to defend his client.
It’s quite apparent that Trump doesn’t want to release those records.
It is not legal obstruction for a lawyer to use procedural means to delay the release of info detrimental to his client.
I am,of course, assuming that whatever is in those records Trump doesn’t want to see the light of day given his continuing attempts to keep them out of public view.
I can’t see how Trump is gonna be able to keep stonewalling Congress….
I assume he will lose his trying in the courts as he already has in the first round….
I wonder if we can get Keith back for an occasional drive by?
Politico…
Trump’s accountants could be compelled to turn over the president’s financial records as early as next week without a further order from a higher court…
Twitter…
Interesting…
The Washpost piece goes into judge comparing Trump to Bucanhan trying the same thing….An election as crooked as the day was long and trying to somewall Congress trying find out WTF went on….
History repeating it self 150 years or so later….
Second Federal judge rules AGAINST Trump and his Justice Department withholding things from Congress….
Judge rejects Trump effort to block Deutsche Bank subpoena….
Axios….