Supreme Court grants NY prosecutors access to Trump's tax returns, rebuffs Congress
Posted on AllSides July 9th, 2020
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The Supreme Court in a split decision on Thursday granted New York state prosecutors access to President Trump’s tax returns, even as it shielded a trove of his financial records from Congress.
The justices upheld a Manhattan district attorney subpoena for eight years of Trump’s financial documents, including his personal and corporate tax returns. But they declined to grant Congress access to records subpoenaed by a trio of Democratic-led House committees.
Both decisions were handed down in 7-2 rulings.
The ruling in the New York case makes it more...
