The Supreme Court agreed today to hear whether President Trump can be protected from subpoenas for his banking and accounting records. It’s being reported by Fox News that oral arguments will be in March and a decision could be in July…Just a few months before the election.
This could be a major test of separation powers between the executive branch, Congress, and the states.
There is a New York state subpoena at issue and other congressional subpoenas.
Counsel to the President Jay Sekulow released a statement saying he looks forward presenting the case:
“We are pleased that the Supreme Court granted review of the President’s three pending cases. These cases raise significant constitutional issues. We look forward to presenting our written and oral arguments.”
Fox News is reporting that one case involves requests for documents sought by the House Oversight and Reform Committee after the president’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, testified that Trump underreported or overstated the extent of his financial holdings to the government.
A second subpoena involves House Financial Services Committee requests for 10 years of records from various banks that did business with Trump, his adult children, and his businesses.
Also, the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. (see our previous report below) is seeking eight years of tax records relating to allegations of hush money payments to two women claiming prior sexual affairs with Trump, allegations he has denied.
Do most Americans want to dig into President Trump’s financial dealings? If they do, would they also want to find out how several key Democrats made millions over decades being in public office? Seems like that should be more important, right?
OUR PREVIOUS REPORT ON MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY CYRUS VANCE, JR.:
The political hack Democrat who happens to be the Manhattan DA continues his “political hit job” against President Trump.
Remember that it was the same Manhattan DA that wanted to put Paul Manafort in Rikers Island Prison until the DOJ stepped in. Rikers Island is no place for Paul Manafort but the Democrat Prosecutor involved in Manafort’s case was planning on sending him there. The request for a transfer of Manafort was made by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s (pictured below) office. This smells of more political grandstanding on Vance’s part.
Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr slapped President Trump’s accountants with a subpoena for eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns last month as part of a criminal probe into the $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels.
Marc Mukasey, a lawyer for the Trump Organization, said, “We are evaluating and will respond as is appropriate.”
Is it any surprise that the New York Times first reported on this ridiculous political hit job explaining that Democrat Vance is going after Trump on possible violations of NY state laws even though the inquiry had “effectively concluded”:
Stormy Daniels lawyer Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty last year to breaking federal campaign finance laws and received a three-year prison sentence.
While the federal prosecutors who charged Mr. Cohen stated in a court filing in July that they had “effectively concluded” their inquiry into possible crimes committed by the company or its executives, Mr. Vance’s office is exploring whether the reimbursements violated any New York state laws.
