Posted on 02/22/2021 7:42:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Supreme Court on Monday denied former President Trump's request to halt the release of tax and other financial records to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
In their ruling, the justices refused to block a subpoena to Trump's accounting firm, Mazars USA, while he continues to push for a Supreme Court appeal, according to Bloomberg.
BREAKING: Supreme Court denies stay in Trump v. Vance, clearing way Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to obtain former President Donald Trump's financial records. pic.twitter.com/K5SzEJhuRg — Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) February 22, 2021
The high court had deferred acting in the case for more than three months, waiting until Trump again became a private citizen to take a step that could boost Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s probe. Vance’s investigators have already gotten hold of some of the tax records from other sources, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation looms as one of the biggest legal threats to Trump, though its exact parameters are unclear. - Bloomberg
In August, Manhattan prosecutors indicated in court filings that they were investigating tax fraud, insurance fraud and falsification of business records. DA Cyrus Vance agreed to hold off on enforcing the subpoena while Trump's Oct. 13 motion to stay was under consideration by the Supreme Court.
Trump's challenge to the subpoena - which claims it's too broad and issued in bad faith - was rejected by two lower courts prior to Monday's rejection at the Supreme Court. Mazars, meanwhile, isn't contesting the subpoena and says it will comply with all legal obligations.
While Trump's tax records will technically be shrouded in grand jury secrecy, Trump's lawyers told the Supreme Court that he will suffer "irreparable harm" if the materials are turned over, "Even if the disclosure of his papers is limited to prosecutors and grand jurors, the status quo can never be restored once confidentiality is destroyed."
Vance's office countered, saying that Trump "has had multiple opportunities for review of his constitutional and state law claims, and at this juncture he provides no grounds for further delay," adding "His request for extraordinary relief should be denied, and the grand jury permitted to do its work."
The court on Monday also denied Trump's challenge to the Pennsylvania 2020 election results as moot. Dissenting from the decision were Justices Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has denied Trump's Pennsylvania election challenge as moot. pic.twitter.com/6LTvvuMG52 — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 22, 2021
The court also formally rejected separate appeals by Trump and his allies seeking to overturn President Biden's victory.
And that is a John POS Roberts lead Court. Coward to the last. Refuse to rule when the case is ripe, kick it down the road and then rule it as moot once your failure to take the case in the first place does the damage.
Please put out this fire?
Not now.
Can you do it now?
No, why bother, the house is burned to the ground already.
Too late for the Deep State!!
Are the three Trump-appointed justices influential at all? Or they just court versions of Sessions and Barr?
All the needed was Kavanaugh and Barrett.
If you had an entirely gop appointed scotus bench it would still only be marginally better than 5 Democrat appointed justices.
Looks like Kavanaugh and Barrett are shaping up to be big disappointments. For all their pretend defense of the Constitution, they are just two more liars in a pit of liars, thieves and perverts.
Why prosecute the bank robbers as they already have spent the money!
Looks like that cheap ho Comey Barret is in bed with that snake Roberts and Kave-in-awe Kavanaugh went with the majority because he is a gutless coward.
The Dems don’t have to pack the court - they own it.
The new Supreme Court Conservatives promoted and approved by the turtle himself are not proving to be who we we assumed they were.
The only thing that I can think of is that these quislings are worried that rocking the boat too much will cause manchin and Sinema to fold on the filibuster and wind up with a 13 seat bench by the end of the year. That shouldn’t be of any concern to them but neither should saving Husseincare have been of any concern to Roberts.
The two judges Trump fought the hardest for. Secession is the only answer.
Comey Barrett is a plant.
Kavanaugh is a moral coward - you saw it in his hearing.
Gorsuch is an arrogant ego.
My guess is these people were pushed by Peking Mitch McConnell behind the scenes.
In my opinion, the failure here is not SCOTUS. The failure is with the state legislatures too afraid to 1) investigate the election and 2) unwilling to do anything about it.
We did not lack laws during the 2020 election. What was and continues to be missing is enforcement of those laws.
Absolutely
Kavenaugh and ACB were apparently moles.
Pennsylvania Ping!
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The soap box has been deplatformed.
The ballot box has been manipulated.
The jury box has been nullified.
What box remains?
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