Second Circuit Appears Ready to Rule in Cyrus Vance’s Favor

A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel panned arguments from Donald Trump’s lawyers in opposition to the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s criminal subpoena of a third party for the president’s tax returns. POLITICO reports, Appeals court judges skeptical of Trump effort to block release of financial info: President Donald Trump’s drive to block Manhattan … Read more

Trump v. Vance financial records case is fast tracked

A week after the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump is not immune from turning over his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan district attorney, the president’s legal team said at a Thursday hearing they intended to keep fighting the subpoena (dilatory tactics). The Daily Beast reports, NY Judge in Trump’s Tax … Read more

SCOTUS rejects presidential ‘absolute immunity’ from criminal process (updated)

The biggest loser today at the Supreme Court was Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr. His career-long advancement of an imperial presidency under the unitary executive theory, asserting that the president is above the law and not answerable to Congress or the courts, was soundly rejected by the Supreme Court in defense of constitutional separation of … Read more

Republican appointed federal judges are slow-walking Trump cases on purpose

U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden (appointed by President Donald Trump) in Washington on Tuesday ordered the House Democrats’ suit for Donald Trump’s tax returns put on hold until a separate legal fight over the subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn gets worked out. Huh? Judge puts Democrats’ suit for Trump’s tax returns on hold: McFadden’s … Read more

Supreme Court agrees to hear three appeals for Trump financial and tax records

Did four conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court today vote to hear Donald Trump’s appeals from having his financial records and tax records produced by third parties to congressional committees and the Manhattan District Attorney in a criminal grand jury investigation to delay the production of those financial documents beyond the time set aside … Read more