I’m no lawyer but this whole thing appears to be bull-shit to me….
Congress and a New York DA want to see Donald Trump’s tax records from BEFORE he was President mostly…
Congress writes the tax laws and HAS the ability to look at ANY tax record….
Donald Trump lived in New York ALL his life….
His tax returns reflect that…
Donald Trump as President of the United States is trying to act like he’s Donald Trump private citizen in NOT showing his personal taxes to state and local government investigators….
There is NO law anyplace that places a sitting President above being INVESTIGATED…
Only a few lawyer’s opinion ….
Bill Clinton was required too deal with a civil case WHILE IN OFFICE….
The concept that Donald Trump could kill someone while in office and laugh at the cops IS BULL SHIT…
So much so that EVERY Federal court that Trump’s lawyers and HIS Justice Dept.? lawyer’s have been turned down in his effort’s to withhold his tax info, even by third parties….
Now the US Supreme Court is thinking about a ‘hurry up’ ruling that could speed along maybe by June?
Does America has an elected President?
Or a King?
If this guy loses next years election will the idiots in Washington decide that Trump can stall living office by going to court?
At what point does this country stop this guy from making up his own rules and having taxpayer money help him get away with things?
It REALLY IS THAT simple.…
In the Supreme Court, lawyers for the committee argued that its investigation was driven by its legislative and oversight responsibilities. They added that the “rapidly advancing impeachment inquiry also makes it particularly important that Congress not be deprived of the information sought by the subpoena.”
On Nov. 18, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. entered a temporary “administrative stay” in the case. The new stay order was issued by the full court.
The case from New York concerns a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, for eight years of Mr. Trump’s personal and business tax returns in connection with the hush-money payments.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Manhattan, ruled this month against Mr. Trump. The court, in a focused ruling, said state prosecutors may require third parties to turn over a sitting president’s financial records for use in a grand jury investigation.
The New York case involves more ambitious legal arguments. Mr. Trump’s lawyers, in a petition seeking review of the Second Circuit’s decision, said he was immune from criminal investigationwhile he remained in office….
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