Donald Trump brags that he's a "genius" and a "shrewd businessman " and a "great deal-maker" – and yet he's spent many years trying to keep his tax records secret. Today he finally lost his battle. And, not surprisingly, the orange-skinned parrot continues to squawk, "Witch hunt! Witch hunt! Awwrkkk!"
Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns to New York prosecutor
CNN, Feb 22 2021 2:11 PM ET
The Supreme Court today cleared the way for a New York prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns, dealing a massive loss to Trump who has fiercely fought to shield his financial papers from prosecutors. The documents will be subject to grand jury secrecy rules that restrict their public release. The ruling is a bitter loss for Trump, even if the tax records are shielded from public disclosure, after he consistently argued that the subpoena issued by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was overbroad and issued in bad faith.
It means the grand jury investigation into alleged hush money payments and other issues will no longer be hampered by Trump's fight to keep the documents secret. The subpoenas span documents from January 2011 to August 2019, including his tax returns, from Mazars. The documents relate to the Trump Organization's employment of Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen and hush money payments Cohen allegedly made to two woman who claimed to have had extramarital affairs with Trump. In a statement, the former President said the Vance investigation "is a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country."
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