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riversedge

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Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:50 PM Dec 2019

Supreme Court halts subpoena to Deutsche Bank for Trump records [View all]

Source: the hill




By Harper Neidig - 12/06/19 06:10 PM EST


The Supreme Court on Friday granted President Trump's emergency request to temporarily block a congressional subpoena for his financial records from Deutsche Bank.

The court's order came just hours after the president's legal team asked for a temporary stay of an appellate court decision ordering Deutsche Bank to comply with subpoenas from the House Financial Services and Intelligence Committees for a broad range of documents concerning Trump's finances and his businesses.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who oversees the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, issued an administrative stay of that court's decision that will be in effect until Friday, Dec. 13, while the court deliberates on whether to grant a longer stay and to give Trump's lawyers time to prepare a formal appeal.

The committees are investigating Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank, which had given him $2 billion in loans and is reportedly being investigated for its role in money-laundering scheme involving Russia.

Earlier this week, a three-judge panel on the Second Circuit had ruled that there was a "clear and substantial" public interest in granting the House subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and the credit card company Capital One................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/473461-supreme-court-halts-subpoena-to-deutsche-bank-for-trump-financial



I do not have a good feeling about any of trumps tax returns, nor his financial records. just do not.
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He must be afraid of being charged with tax evasion or fraud if they become public. appleannie1 Dec 2019 #1
i doubt that. Calista241 Dec 2019 #7
Allen Howard Weisselberg is his Accountant StClone Dec 2019 #16
I think it's the source of the loans and money he has borrowed bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #12
Loan Fraud is almost certain. Rachel Maddow already did a segment on Trump jacking up the value okaawhatever Dec 2019 #45
This was a routine, expected action. It says nothing at all about the ultimate outcome of the case. tableturner Dec 2019 #2
This is trumps boogeyman, his kacekwl Dec 2019 #3
I'm not sure whether this is normal. If not I'm disappointed in RBG. AJT Dec 2019 #4
It is normal. mwooldri Dec 2019 #15
WTF?! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #5
Your posts will get alerted with your signature PSPS Dec 2019 #14
Let's see. This is the reformulated SCOTUS with Anthony Kennedy giving up his seat for Kavanaugh erronis Dec 2019 #6
Sounds pretty accurate as well... Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #8
no, it's normal and expected.... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #10
Guess sometimes folks dont read the story, just the headline. oldsoftie Dec 2019 #30
A lot to think about. n/t EndlessWire Dec 2019 #40
Post removed Post removed Dec 2019 #9
nonesense.... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #11
I would hold off until we learn if the Court will even to first agree to hear the case and then on cstanleytech Dec 2019 #13
What part of "administrative delay" did you not read? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #25
All the more reason not to rush to a floor vote Fiendish Thingy Dec 2019 #17
Would this matter towards impeachment? Bradical79 Dec 2019 #23
I don't think Pelosi will allow a second impeachment inquiry Fiendish Thingy Dec 2019 #29
I don't think she wants to put the country behind us. EndlessWire Dec 2019 #41
I'm think financial investigation wouldn't be ready anyway Bradical79 Dec 2019 #44
This is a messy ordeal. Nov. 19th the 55 y/o Deutsche Banker for Trump "committed suicide" mysteryowl Dec 2019 #18
IOW, the Deutsche banker didn't kill himself.......... lastlib Dec 2019 #20
The Plot Thickens disndat Dec 2019 #37
This whole process by the turd of delay, delay, delay, trying to run out the clock... not_the_one Dec 2019 #19
Yeah, he delays, delays, delays, then screams about how long the investigations take. Mc Mike Dec 2019 #27
They did issue a paper as to why Trump is getting impeached. EndlessWire Dec 2019 #42
I've completely lost track of the number of times DUers with no understanding of the judicial onenote Dec 2019 #21
It's amazing ain't it? nt dware Dec 2019 #26
I don't have a good feeling about anything of major consequence in front of lark Dec 2019 #22
Trump is far too stupid to come up with a defense like this. PuffedMica Dec 2019 #24
Actually any lawyer that didn't pursue this strategy would be committing malpractice onenote Dec 2019 #28
I said he is hiring a lawyer to do this. The question is who is paying the lawyer? PuffedMica Dec 2019 #36
RBG was the Justice who issued the stay NotASurfer Dec 2019 #31
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Dec 2019 #43
Nothing says not guilty, like visiting the SCOTUS to block transparency? Brainfodder Dec 2019 #32
You do realize that this is quite normal? dware Dec 2019 #33
Lack of transparency at every turn? Brainfodder Dec 2019 #34
My apologies. dware Dec 2019 #35
RBG giving them enough rope so to speak. disndat Dec 2019 #38
I would think so, dware Dec 2019 #39
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