'Trump is now down to his final shot to prevent prosecutors from getting his tax returns. He'll almost certainly lose on the merits -- but if the goal was simply to drag this dispute out ... he'll have won, despite all the losing' | eliehonig, CNNOpinion
Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. Watch Honig answer readers' questions on"CNN Newsroom with Ana Cabrera" on weekends.
Somehow, in his desperate effort to keep his tax returns out of the hands of prosecutors, President Donald Trump has lost in federal court five times. And, remarkably, even after those stinging rejections by the courts, it's still not over yet. Trump is now down to his final shot to prevent prosecutors from getting his tax returns.
Elie HonigLast month's explosive New York Times expose gave us a hint about why Trump might be flailing so hard to prevent prosecutors with the New York County District Attorney's office from obtaining his tax returns via a subpoena issued to the accounting firm Mazars USA.
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