Supreme Court blocks House Democrats from access to Trump's financial records for now
Source: USA Today
Supreme Court blocks House Democrats from access to Trump's financial records for now
Richard Wolf
USA TODAY
Published 10:27 a.m. ET Jul. 9, 2020 -- Updated 10:37 a.m. ET Jul. 9, 2020
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court temporarily blocked congressional investigators Thursday from gaining access to President Donald Trump's personal financial records.
The 7-2 decision was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Trump's two nominees, Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. It sends the separation of powers dispute back to lower courts for further determination.
"Courts must perform a careful analysis that takes adequate account of the separation of powers principles at stake, including both the significant legislative interests of Congress and the 'unique position' of the president," Roberts wrote.
The ruling was one of two issued Thursday regarding whether investigators will have access to Trump's financial records. In the other, the court ruled 7-2 that Trump cannot keep tax and financial records from a Manhattan prosecutor investigating alleged hush-money payments.
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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/09/supreme-court-blocks-congress-donald-trumps-financial-records/5365268002/
TRUMP ET AL. v. MAZARS USA, LLP, ET AL.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-715_febh.pdf
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,721 posts)Once Vance came out (10:10 a.m.), everyone took off at full speed on that.
Ten minutes later, Mazars was released, to no fanfare whatsoever. No one was left to cover it. Richard Wolf said he would, and there you go.
I'm working with what I've got.
Thanks for writing.
patricia92243
(12,607 posts)been posted incorrectly.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,721 posts)Update: no, they didn't change the headline. It still says what it said when I copied it.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)but practical victory," because it's unlikely he'll have to produce documents before election.
In future, it will help prevent the next trump from hiding records for years subject to a subpoena.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)I think there was an expectation that they'd be instantly posted on the Internet, and that wasn't going to happen. The documents in both cases are part of ongoing investigations, and there was no chance that they'd be available to the public, nor the investigations concluded, before the election even if they were turned over immediately.
C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)This is a political albatross that will follow Trump through Election Day. A huge vulnerability. It's not so good to appear criminal and evasive like Trump. And Joe is already on it. Beat that drum, Joe!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)Time to close this dark chapter and send these crooks and racists back under their rocks.
DownriverDem
(6,233 posts)be leaked?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)But Deutsche Bank apparently will be voluntarily giving up the financial records. People go to jail for improperly divulging tax returns, though (that's the Congressional subpoena).
Warpy
(111,417 posts)It would be far worse had the decision gone the other way, giving the House access but denying it to the SDNY prosecutor. As it stands, if there is any fire under all that smoke he's been blowing around, a prosecutor will be able to act on it immediately. And if the administration finds another stooge quickly enough, I'm sure Audrey Strauss (who took on Roy Cohn and won) is smart enough to distribute pertinent information to state District Attorneys the way Kerry did in Iran-Contra.
I don't mind bogus headlines as much these days, as I know they'll give him a false sense of security and prevent him from taking drastic action quickly enough.
former9thward
(32,121 posts)It will go to court first and that will last beyond the election.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Manipulative fellow
bucolic_frolic
(43,443 posts)Why isn't this just a matter of needing to know if the president is compromised by foreign obligations, and the need for Congress to consider writing legislation - sanctions - to protect the country from foreign influence? It's about the nation's sovereignty.
JudyM
(29,294 posts)ETA just caught the end of Speaker Pelosi saying the opinion most importantly rejected trumps claim that hes above the law.
bdamomma
(63,955 posts)mafia tactics to protect this POS. Stopping the Congress from records
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)The cases were remanded to the lower courts with directions to apply a particular standard. Since all the lower courts ruled against Fat Nixon in the first place it's predictable that they will continue to do so. The public is not going to see those records anyhow until the investigations are concluded and maybe not even then. The investigations would not be finished before the election even if the records were turned over immediately. It makes no difference with respect to the election. What does make a difference is the fact that the court held Trump isn't absolutely immune from judicial processes and congressional investigations, which is what he's been arguing all along.
dhill926
(16,380 posts)my head is spinning from all the news this morning...
bdamomma
(63,955 posts)too much stuff going on.
former9thward
(32,121 posts)The SC said Congress and Trump had used improper standards in the case. The case will have to be re argued based on the SC decision.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)The decision is likely right.
bdamomma
(63,955 posts)the correction. Those are Justices are on the correct side of the law.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,721 posts)Bayard
(22,204 posts)Example: Deference. He has no idea what that means.
Kali
(55,027 posts)dhill926
(16,380 posts)so he shuts the fuck up...
yaesu
(8,020 posts)another protection for their dictator
Polybius
(15,518 posts)Crazy how the article didn't say.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,721 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,405 posts)Same as the prosecutor decision.