The public may not see Trump's tax records before the 2020 election, despite the Supreme Court's landmark rulings against him
- The Supreme Court ruled in two cases on Thursday that New York prosecutors can see President Donald Trump's tax returns and that Congress has the authority to subpoena the president's financial records.
- Te rulings are a significant defeat for a president who has repeatedly blocked investigators from gaining access to his closely held records. But that doesn't mean the public will necessarily get access to them any time soon.
- Legal experts say that the process of filing criminal charges against Trump in New York and settling the issue of what standards Congress must meet to subpoena the president could both take months.
- However, there is a chance Trump's records could be made public before November if a grand jury quickly indicts the president and the Manhattan district attorney's office moves forward with a criminal prosecution.
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The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that New York prosecutors can see President Donald Trump's financial records — an outcome the president has aggressively tried to prevent.
The Court ruled that the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., can legally obtain the eight years of business and personal tax documents his office subpoenaed related to their investigation into hush-money payments Trump and his company made leading up to the 2016 election. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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