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This decision allows the Manhattan D.A.'s office to subpoena eight years of the president’s personal and corporate tax returns.
The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., has been investigating whether any New York State laws were broken when Mr. Trump and his company reimbursed the president’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, for payments he made in the run-up to the 2016 election to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, who had said she had an affair with Mr. Trump.
The president's lawyers have called the investigation by Mr. Vance, a Democrat, politically motivated.Mr. Vance has accused the president and his team of trying to run out the clock on the investigation.
In his 75-page ruling, Judge Marrero called the President's legal argument "repugnant to the nation's governmental structure and constitutional values," adding that Presidents, their families, and businesses are not above the law."
Trump Loses Fight To Keep Taxes Secret, Files Emergency Appeal
This decision allows the Manhattan D.A.'s office to subpoena eight years of the president’s personal and corporate tax returns.
The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., has been investigating whether any New York State laws were broken when Mr. Trump and his company reimbursed the president’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, for payments he made in the run-up to the 2016 election to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, who had said she had an affair with Mr. Trump.
The president's lawyers have called the investigation by Mr. Vance, a Democrat, politically motivated.Mr. Vance has accused the president and his team of trying to run out the clock on the investigation.
In his 75-page ruling, Judge Marrero called the President's legal argument "repugnant to the nation's governmental structure and constitutional values," adding that Presidents, their families, and businesses are not above the law."
Trump Loses Fight To Keep Taxes Secret, Files Emergency Appeal
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