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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Who could ever have guessed that Obama-appointed Judge Amit Vomit would rule this way?
Ask Barack Obama-appointed judge Amit P. Mehta how many divisions he can muster on the battlefield. My best guess is none. So send a Marine Lance corporal to arrest the pig for sedition. I’d guess the fat obuma pig judge whimpers and complies.
So... Cohen still in prison?
I wonder who is in control of these documents if it isn't trump he can't do much to stop it now. But if Trump is in possession of these documents he should refuse until the supreme court rules.
WOW..! How would you like to see that far back on Dianne Feinstein's records..?? From what I hear she's as crooked as a snake... :)
I agree IF Trump is in possession of the documents he should ignore the ruling and insist that he will only turn them over if the supreme court says he has to. But if the documents are in someone else's possession they may have to turn them over.
ENOUGH OF THE BULLSH## I HAVE HAD IT LIKE MOST OF YOU ALL, lets get to business and collapse this criminal house of cards and indict them all
Thing is this will only happen to republican presidents. The republicans in congress are way too cowardly to ever do this to a democrat president. Although that would be what should happen so they know what its like.
The Democrats are tuning us into a Banana Republic
Yep Corrupt Democrats are destroying our democracy because they didn't like the results of an election..
Mazars has 7 days to release Trump’s taxes and Trump’s taxes will be leaked in 7 days 1 second ?
They're just trying to suck all the air out of the room... The democrats are absolutely terrified of AG. Barr's investigations into swamp crimes... The snakes are trying to fight back... :)
I gotta imagine the ruling will be appealed. This is a clear violation of his 4th Amendment rights.
Shhh you might wake up Justice “we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judge. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them” Roberts.
Defy them.
Just imagine the outcry if the DOJ tried to access, without Warrant or Probable Cause, the last 7 or 8 years of records from congresscritters...
It will be appealed. Have the Dems even said how having his tax returns are needed to do gov’t oversight?
How about his birth certificate. The Senate should demand to see the certified copy.
The Dems are just making things up to get Trump’s taxes and now their Judges are joining them
We will see them leaked to the NYT and WaPo in two weeks or less.
This ruling will be appealed. Mazars can wait until those appeals are exhausted. Then, there will another round of court action and appeals dealing with another issue. And then another. And then another. This is a novel request by the House going after a President's accounting firm for financial records and there is little precedent for courts to rely on so all the issues will have to be considered. I doubt these will all be resolved until after Trump's re-election.
“...in a major ruling that breathes new life into Democrats’ ongoing efforts to probe the president’s financial dealings....”
These filthy democrat bastards.
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