Trump just got a huge reprieve in the battle with Manhattan prosecutors over his taxes:
THE HILL – A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have sped up the disclosure of President Trump’s tax returns to prosecutors in Manhattan.
The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals allows Trump to continue shielding eight years of corporate and personal tax returns while he appeals the lower court decision.
The 2nd Circuit on Tuesday also scheduled a Sept. 25 hearing over Trump’s claim that the New York grand jury subpoena seeking his tax returns is overbroad and was issued in bad faith. A federal trial judge dismissed those assertions in a lengthy opinion last month.
Tuesday’s ruling moves Manhattan prosecutors further away from obtaining Trump’s tax returns and makes the already unlikely possibility of the public seeing the documents before the November election even more remote.
Here’s the actual ruling via the clerk of court:
UPDATE: Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted #Trump's bid for a stay and blocked the Manhattan DA from obtaining the President’s tax returns while both sides fight an appeal. #Trumptaxes #CyVance pic.twitter.com/kfI1ckC3ZR
— Marta Dhanis (@MartaDhanis) September 1, 2020
It would seem that the 2nd Court of Appeals must feel the appeal has some merit since they agreed to stop the release of Trump’s taxes on an emergency basis. And if they agree to let the appeal proceed, it could mean Trump’s taxes stay locked down until after the election.