8 Years of Trump Tax Returns Are Subpoenaed by Manhattan D.A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An appeal has been filed on an emergency basis. It will ultimately be decided by the Supreme court.

And we will find out if Trump has unlimited power and protection.

I feel strongly that It the “Roberts Court” and Roberts will swing against Trump. He does not want his legacy to be the unlimited power of executive branch, rampant corruption, and the destruction of the separation of powers. He’s conservative. But old school, Bush style, which is not this. I bet— by a lot— that 3rd Circuit moves it fast and SCOTUS denies cert. trump has little legal merit and not real issues of law. He just doesn’t want to. Which isn’t a great legal argument.

And events on the ground mean everyone wants this to move fast. Like when they are seeking a stay of execution. They are on the clock.

I agree. Clock's ticking....

Kavanaugh's vote will be interesting to see.

[Anonymous]

The special council had access to his tax returns as does the DOJ even long before Barr or any "DOJ" loyalist was in power. If the taxes were the "smoking gun" people think they are the anti-Trump FBI under Comey would have found easy pickens charging Trump. None of this is to say he definitely did not "launder" money for Russia or Putin. That was what the special council spent two years investigating. However, if there were cimes would they be "discovered" through his tax returns? These returns were submitted to treasury. They are not "hidden."

Where is the evidence that Mueller or DOJ has his tax returns? There was no mention of them in the Mueller Report. No attempt at all to “follow the money.”

And, they were submitted to Treasury but Treasury is illegally refusing to turn them over to Congress. But that also doesn’t have anything to do with this case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The special council had access to his tax returns as does the DOJ even long before Barr or any "DOJ" loyalist was in power. If the taxes were the "smoking gun" people think they are the anti-Trump FBI under Comey would have found easy pickens charging Trump. None of this is to say he definitely did not "launder" money for Russia or Putin. That was what the special council spent two years investigating. However, if there were cimes would they be "discovered" through his tax returns? These returns were submitted to treasury. They are not "hidden."

Where is the evidence that Mueller or DOJ has his tax returns? There was no mention of them in the Mueller Report. No attempt at all to “follow the money.”

And, they were submitted to Treasury but Treasury is illegally refusing to turn them over to Congress. But that also doesn’t have anything to do with this case.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know it was just custom and not law that we see the taxes of candidates, but is it law that we see the taxes of Presidents (*)?

It’s understandably confusing because there are so many different things going on with his taxes.

This thread involves a subpoena by the Manhattan district attorney who wants to see Trump’s taxes because they’ve been investigating and think there are illegal things going on in them. I think there is also a similar, separate investigation going on by the New York State Attorney General.

You are correct that it’s only tradition that calls for presidential candidates to release their tax returns, not a law.

There is a federal law, however, that if the head of the House’s Ways & Means committee asks to see someone’s - anyone’s - tax returns, the IRS shall turn them over. Rep. Neal has requested them and Mnuchin said no. There is separate litigation going on over that.

There is also a federal law that says that the tax returns of the president and vice president need to be audited by the IRS. There is a whistleblower in the IRS who has come forward with a complaint to the Treasury IG that says that someone in the IRS is interfering in that process.

There is also a tradition, not a law AFAIK, that current presidents release their tax returns, once audited, for the years when they are in office. That obviously is not happening.

Hope this helps!

This I had not heard. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/20/tax-democrats-trump-1673427

The corruption never, ever ends with this POTUS.

[Anonymous]

Ignore the trolls, PP. They are desperate and pathetic. They'll start yelling "but her emails" pretty soon. Sad.

[Anonymous]

The Second Circuit sets a briefing schedule in Trump v. Vance closer to what the president wanted.

Oral arguments now supposed to be schedule "as early as the week of October 21."

[Anonymous]

“Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance revealed Tuesday that “confidential informants” are part of his probe involving President Trump’s tax returns.

“The criminal investigation is proceeding based upon information derived from public sources, confidential informants, and the grand jury process,” Carey Dunne, an attorney in Vance’s office, wrote to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ahead of arguments next week.

Manhattan’s top prosecutor is investigating how the Trump Organization documented hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. As part of that probe, Vance subpoenaed eight years of Trump’s tax returns from his accounting firm, Mazars USA.”

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-vance-trump-tax-returns-20191015-r57ay4blfffvhgfj2ljllxyoae-story.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Get them all. Go back 20 years. His corruption, lies, security risks, and conflicts of interest need to be exposed to the light of day.

[Anonymous]

Oral argument today, in which Trump’s lawyer is arguing that the President can’t even be investigated for anything while in office.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?465172-1/circuit-hears-oral-argument-president-trumps-tax-returns-audio-only

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oral argument today, in which Trump’s lawyer is arguing that the President can’t even be investigated for anything while in office.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?465172-1/circuit-hears-oral-argument-president-trumps-tax-returns-audio-only

Keep the updates coming.

[Anonymous]

Thoughts and prayers...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/04/trump-loses-appeal-of-new-york-tax-returns-case.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thoughts and prayers...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/04/trump-loses-appeal-of-new-york-tax-returns-case.html

Wow, perfect description of Trump in the earlier ruling - “District Judge Victor Marrero called Trump's claim to immunity from investigation "unqualified and boundless," writing that the argument was "repugnant to the nation's governmental structure and constitutional values."

[Anonymous]

“President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to stop a prosecutor’s investigation of his personal finances, a bold assertion of presidential power that seeks a landmark decision from the nation’s highest court.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-shield-his-tax-returns-from-prosecutors-setting-up-historic-separation-of-power-showdown/2019/11/14/d7b176a0-04dd-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to stop a prosecutor’s investigation of his personal finances, a bold assertion of presidential power that seeks a landmark decision from the nation’s highest court.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-shield-his-tax-returns-from-prosecutors-setting-up-historic-separation-of-power-showdown/2019/11/14/d7b176a0-04dd-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html

Test #1 of the Supreme Court and a test on our democracy. Subpoenas and the Supreme Court will be test 2 and impeachment will be test 3.

[Anonymous]

“Trump's personal lawyer has filed a cert petition to SCOTUS in Trump v. Vance, the case involving the Manhattan DA's subpoena for Trump's financial documents to investigate hush-money payments to alleged paramours. Argument boils to down to this: the president has absolute immunity from criminal investigation while in office. This means presidents can (quite literally) get away with murder until they leave the White House.”
- The Economist’s SCOTUS reporter Steven Mazie
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-635/122492/20191114165617860_Petition%20for%20Writ%20-%20Trump%20v%20Vance.pdf