Trump loses bid to delay handover of tax returns to NY prosecutor - Reuters
A federal judge on Friday denied Donald Trump's request to delay allowing the Manhattan district attorney to obtain his tax returns while the U.S. president appeals.
BREAKING NEWS FRIDAY AUGUST 21ST, 2020
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday denied Donald Trump's request to delay allowing the Manhattan district attorney to obtain his tax returns while the U.S. president appeals.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs on campaign travel to Old Forge, Pennsylvania at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero, who on Thursday rejected Trump's arguments that the grand jury subpoena from district attorney Cyrus Vance was "wildly overbroad," said Trump failed to justify a stay.
The Manhattan judge said Trump failed to show his appeal would likely succeed, or that he would be irreparably harmed without a stay but Trump's tax returns are unlikely to become public before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
"Because a grand jury is under a legal obligation to keep the confidentiality of its records, the court finds that no irreparable harm will ensue from the disclosure to it of the President's records sought here," Marrero wrote.
Lawyers for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for Vance declined to comment.
In Thursday's ruling, Marrero said throwing out the subpoena to Trump's accounting firm Mazars USA would effectively give the president immunity from Vance's criminal probe, to which the U.S. Supreme Court …
visit seeded article for remaining content
Tags
Who is online
210 visitors
"Hand Them Over NOW!"
Wow... ever heard of a four year long audit?
Not until now
If it were not for bad news Trump would be getting no news at all. He should quit now...
but Trump's tax returns are unlikely to become public before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
"Because a grand jury is under a legal obligation to keep the confidentiality of its records, the court finds that no irreparable harm will ensue from the disclosure to it of the President's records sought here," Marrero wrote.
I doubt the Manhattan district attorney cares. Taxes were subpoenaed for a criminal investigation.
Fork it over, lard ass.
Willing to bet he still won't.
He just needs more time to hand over faked returns.