Posted on 05/20/2019 4:15:51 PM PDT by Cubs Fan
A Washington, D.C.-based federal judge has sided with House Oversight Committee Democrats seeking to enforce their subpoena of Trump accounting firm Mazars USA, in a major ruling that breathes new life into Democrats' ongoing efforts to probe the president's financial dealings.
The subpoena seeks access to a slew of Trump financial documents dating back to 2011, including personal records and records of various affiliated business and entities. Democrats pursued the subpoena after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress in February that the president's accountants routinely and improperly altered his financial statements -- including some signed by Mazars -- to misrepresent his assets and liabilities.
Barack Obama-appointed judge Amit P. Mehta's 41-page opinion began by comparing President Trump's concerns about congressional overreach to those of President James Buchanan, asserting that Trump "has taken up the fight of his predecessor."
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They should try going after 0bama’s authentic birth certificate or maybe the rest of his records.
Appeal this crap to the supremes.
No problem getting a preliminary injunction pending appeal.
IMO, I say let ‘em have ‘em, in the same way the Meuller report is ‘open’: from a secure local...but, w/ one BIG *public* announcement: ANY leak of ANY detail(s)\name(s)\etc. will be *IMMEDIATELY* prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law allowed.
Then see who wants to take that risk. I do not doubt there will some who would willingly fall on the sword of politics (as they did w/ the ‘passage’ of O’Care). ‘Cept, this time, they know it’s JAIL time, no just loss-of-office.
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