A federal judge has just dismissed, with prejudice, Trump’s challenge to keep the Manhattan DA from accessing his tax records:
Judge throws out Trump challenge to Manhattan DA subpoena for tax records https://t.co/MfUt34KY4f
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 20, 2020
CNBC – President Donald Trump’s effort to fight a subpoena for his tax records issued by the Manhattan district attorney was rejected on Thursday by a federal judge in New York, handing another loss to the president in a high-profile case that has already made its way to the Supreme Court.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said that the president failed to show that the subpoena would pose an unfair burden, siding in favor of Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance, Jr., who has said his office is pursuing an investigation of potential violations of state law.
Marrero wrote that he could not “mechanically credit” the president’s arguments that the subpoena was “unduly burdensome and motivated by bad faith,” likening the president’s argument to “absolute immunity through a back door.”
Last month the Supreme Court ruled that Trump, as president, is not absolutely immune from the Manhattan district attorney’s attempt to get his taxes, but remanded the case back down to the lower court for Trump to argue against this subpoena on more specific grounds, while blocking access to his financial records from the DA and Congress.
It was thought that this wouldn’t be decided until after the election, but now that this Clinton appointed federal judge has dismissed the challenge, it would seem that’s not the case. I’m not sure if this now lifts the injunction on the tax records by the Supreme Court or not.
You can read the decision below for more information:
