WASHINGTON, May 10 — Can Donald Trump refuse to turn over his tax returns and financial records to Congress and New York prosecutors? The Supreme Court takes up this politically charged question on Tuesday, and it may use the occasion to better define the limits of presidential immunity. The high...
In this file photo the US Supreme Court is seen in Washington DC, on May 4, 2020, during the first day of oral arguments held by telephone, a first in the Court's history, as a result of Covid-19, known as coronavirus. — AFP pic
The hearing, initially set for late March, is being held now to allow time for the justices to render a decision before the presidential election in November, as Trump seeks a second term. Since retaking control of the House of Representatives in midterm elections in 2018, the Democratic opposition has been eager to find out just what that “something” might be.
Having lost his argument in the lower courts, Trump turned to the nation’s highest legal body. With two conservative Trump appointees on the nine-justice panel, the high court has taken a clear turn to the right.The justices will devote the first hour of Tuesday’s oral arguments to the congressional subpoenas, highlighting a fierce battle over the legislature’s investigative powers.
“What is unprecedented,” they added, “is the extraordinary breadth of the arguments that President Trump and the solicitor general make about the supposed power of a president to thwart investigations.” To Trump’s legal team, the need for immunity is “particularly acute when it comes to state and local prosecutors.”
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