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Supreme Court says Manhattan prosecutors CAN get Donald Trump's tax returns to aid fraud and Stormy Daniels probe in massive blow to ex-president
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 22 2021 | REUTERS and ASSOCIATED PRESS and MEGAN SHEETS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICA

Posted on 02/22/2021 7:18:19 AM PST by knighthawk

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns and other financial records as part of a criminal investigation, a blow to his quest to conceal details of his finances.

The justices rebuffed Trump's request to put on hold an October 7 lower court ruling directing the former Republican president's longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, to comply with a subpoena to turn over the materials to a grand jury convened by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, a Democrat.

The ruling does not make Trump's tax records public.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hunterbiden; michaelavenatti; michaelcohen; stormydaniels; taxreturns; trump
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To: SGCOS

Harry Reid gets red faced thinks glad I was above the law.


21 posted on 02/22/2021 7:43:46 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Exactly. Fishing expeditions used to be illegal, but apparently our Supreme Court think it is ok as long as Trump is the target. There is no legal nor justice system in this country any more.


22 posted on 02/22/2021 7:53:48 AM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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To: wac3rd
He needs appraisals for that.

The lender doesn't rely on the borrower for the value of the property. I'm not clear on what the value of property has to do with tax returns, but any stated value of property is an estimate. There is no "correct" value.

23 posted on 02/22/2021 8:12:45 AM PST by lasereye
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To: knighthawk

The Dems will hound Trump to his Grave


24 posted on 02/22/2021 8:14:48 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: lasereye

If you tell the IRS that your property has depreciated and you’re lying to them, you go to jail. That’s textbook tax fraud. Obviously the President is being targeted for political reasons but the underlying legal concept is sound.


25 posted on 02/22/2021 8:22:12 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: SGCOS

There are standard treatments for properties that have to be followed. Trump is and has been under IRS audit for years due to his wealth. This is nothing more than persecution.


26 posted on 02/22/2021 8:22:15 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: knighthawk

No one cares about Stormy Daniels but lets look at the facts. Whatever happened or didn’t happen, Stormy was a full fledged grown adult far over the age of 18. OTOH, Biden gets his sick perv kinky on sniffing hair and touching breasts of little girls.


27 posted on 02/22/2021 8:25:47 AM PST by bgill (Which came first, Covid-19 or Gates and Fauci's mRNA-1273 Moderna vax?)
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To: SGCOS

Exactly what I expected them to do.


28 posted on 02/22/2021 8:27:54 AM PST by buwaya
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To: knighthawk

Doubtful that they are going to find anything. Trump’s returns most certainly have been put under the microscope many times by the best of the politicized leftist prosecutors.


29 posted on 02/22/2021 8:34:17 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adical Islam, )
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To: Socon-Econ

Agree. Doubt they will find any damaging info on Trump in his taxes. If there was something damaging in his tax records that could put him in legal jeopardy I guarantee it would have already been leaked by now!


30 posted on 02/22/2021 8:41:57 AM PST by dsm69 (Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertisers )
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To: Alter Kaker

Yes they’re on a fishing expedition. They could do this to anyone. What was their probable cause for commencing such an investigation in the first place?


31 posted on 02/22/2021 8:42:49 AM PST by lasereye
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To: falcon99
Exactly. Fishing expeditions used to be illegal, but apparently our Supreme Court think it is ok as long as Trump is the target. There is no legal nor justice system in this country any more.

I have absolutely ZERO respect any more for the "Supreme" Court. They have proven themselves to be politically driven, not driven by the correctness of law. They have allowed our country to fall into the hands of absolute criminals bent on its destruction for their own personal gain. They have unleashed endless horror on us all for their own personal payoffs of various kinds, not all of them monetary. By allowing the current illegal and criminal regime to assume office as President, we will be overrun by illegal disease-carrying vermin, and this during a pandemic! And we will be forced by libtards to expend billions of dollars to feed, house, educate, and medically treat the illiterate low skill criminals being INVITED to trespass our borders just to vote "D", at a time when our economic position is greatly compromised by the pandemic's effects. Our taxes will soar to support the Dimmocommies' every insane measure. Gasoline is already rising precipitously due to Biden's asinine stopping the pipeline and other anti-energy measures. People have frozen to death during Texas' current weather thanks to Biden energy policies forced on the state.

Every bit of this destruction of our nation and our lives we can lay at the feet of the corrupt and useless Supreme Court under Roberts.

32 posted on 02/22/2021 8:51:18 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: ConservativeMind

What is the alleged “crime?”


Same as yours or mine when they dig deep enough ... we are all guilty of something at some time and, if not, there will be serious accusation which will prove our quilt of any crime they care to allege.


33 posted on 02/22/2021 9:23:54 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: odawg

You see, it is going to be right there on line 55b, where it says, “Petty cash, hush fund bribery account.”

A line which DJT left blank and thereby proved he was hiding money from the IRS. 20 years hard time for the miscreant


34 posted on 02/22/2021 9:26:18 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: knighthawk

I recall plenty of jack boot lickers constantly saying ‘If you didn’t do anything wrong, what do you have to worry about”. “Just do what the cops tell you to and there will be no problem’ is the refrain from that vile chorus every time someone is shot by the police.

And to the people on here referring this to a ‘crucifixion’, or persecution or comparing to the attack on Caesar stop worshiping a person, especially a politician.


35 posted on 02/22/2021 9:35:01 AM PST by RedStateRocker ("Never miss a good chance to Shut Up" - Will Rogers)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Are we assuming that the Manhattan prosecutor will release the info?


36 posted on 02/22/2021 10:01:44 AM PST by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: Reynoldo
Are we assuming that the Manhattan prosecutor will release the info?

Vance himself? No. Some anonymous staffer in his office? Of course.
37 posted on 02/22/2021 10:02:48 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: odawg

You silly goose. There is no line 55. 🙃


38 posted on 02/22/2021 10:09:48 AM PST by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: knighthawk

WHO VOTED for this crap??


39 posted on 02/22/2021 1:01:34 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

They’re scared to death of him. That’s why they continue to do this.


40 posted on 02/25/2021 11:21:13 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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