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.
Ok I concede that your post likely was sarcasm, but that didn't call for the over the top comeback. </s>
I’m sorry, I misapprehended the dissenting opinion of Alito. The quote is accurate, but the vote recitation was in reference to the earlier application for a stay. My bad.
well that’s not helpful at all.
God doesn’t need quitters, He looks for people willing to slug it out even when it’s the last strike of the last out of the last game in the championship, because sometimes that’s the swing that makes the difference, turns momentum, leads to victory.
All those people who fought to start this country, fight and give up family, limbs, all they had and some times their life for this country and you don’t want to vote because you don’t think it matters anymore?
But I guess it will make you think you FEEL better.
just how do you break up states that large portions of land are largely conservative but the cities are commie controlled? no real way to separate by portions of country or state(s) even, it would almost have to be by town/city which is stupid toconsider but i guess it makes people feel good to say “we need to break up the USA.
Yes, it’s a quandary. I think the only way to do it would be by large swaths of states or groupings of states. There would have to be some large cities in each so people who were stranded would be able to relocate, over time, to a red or blue area. To me it’s the second worst solution. The first least worst solution would be the one I described: stealing back the government.
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So, no election result can ever be challenged, then. So much for free and fair elections.
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I guess not.
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.
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yep..
didn’t even hear it
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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THe Neo Marxist have taken over..period.
To fight them is to be labeled “terrorist”
At this point I have grave concerns about any matter before this court.
Gun control....
Constitutional Convention matters...
You name it, these folks are out to lunch.
There was no base crime that they wanted to confirm. So now the SCOTUS has made tax returns open to baseless fishing expeditions.
No need to have foundational merits to buttress the request, “Ah no your honor, we don’t have ANY evidence of wrong doing. We just want to see if we can find any.”
So Trump and others have no expectation that their private records will remain prove. And if the opposition wants to destroy businesses that did business with Trump, why that’s okay.
This was a terrible decision.
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It’s all about ORANGE MAN BAD. This is truly disgusting decision.
Violence worked..that’s why the intelligence community and Soros fund and promote these groups like BLM and ANTIFA.
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