If SCOTUS covers for Donald Trump, corruption is the entire government
11/18/19
LI VELSHI:
Breaking news from the Supreme Court.
The Court has blocked a subpoena for President Trump's financial records.
NBC's congressional correspondent Pete Williams joining us.
Pete, what does this mean?
PETE WILLIAMS: So, it's a little hard to keep track of these cases.
This is one that came from the House Oversight Committee seeking financial records
from the Trump administration and Donald Trump personally, that are maintained
by the accountants. So it's a subpoena to the accountants. And, remember, this
followed Michael Cohen's testimony that Donald Trump sometimes inflated his
holdings, sometimes understated them, depending on whether he was trying to
get a loan or whether there were tax issues. So they subpoenaed those documents.
The Trump lawyers fought it. And all of the lower courts have said this can go
through. And there's a deadline here. Wednesday is when the court rulings
requiring this material be turned over takes effect.
So there's a Wednesday deadline here.
Now, the House had said to the Supreme Court, look, we know that this
is going to take some time to get all of these filings done. So, we wouldn't
object if the Supreme Court, strictly as an administrative matter, without
ruling on the merits, puts a hold on the effect of the subpoena. And we
would propose to file our legal briefs on November 22nd. And just a
moment ago, the Supreme Court said actually, you'll file them on the
21st by 3:00 in the afternoon. So, by Thursday then, we may get --
the door will be open for the Supreme Court to rule on the actual merits.
So, this stops the clock, in essence. But it's not a ruling on the merits.
And this Wednesday deadline now has gone away.
That would have forced the Trump accountants to
start turning over his financial records to the House.
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/scotus-places-temporary-block-trumps
Mitch McConnel blocked President Obama's (bipartisan friendly) pick for Justice.
The Republicans forced their picks for SCOTUS on the rest of us, and got their way.
Supreme Court puts temporary hold on Trump financial records ruling
House General Counsel Douglas N. Letter said in a letter to the court Monday morning
that the committee will oppose Trump’s motion. But “out of courtesy to this court,”
Letter said the committee did not oppose putting the D.C. Circuit’s ruling on hold
temporarily.
Roberts said in his short order that the House’s opposition to Trump’s filing
should be filed by Thursday.
The case is one of two at the Supreme Court in which Trump is fighting
to keep his financial records and tax returns secret. He has also asked the
court to review a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
that said roughly the same materials must be turned over to state
prosecutors in New York.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...50fa92-0a2d-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html
11/18/19
LI VELSHI:
Breaking news from the Supreme Court.
The Court has blocked a subpoena for President Trump's financial records.
NBC's congressional correspondent Pete Williams joining us.
Pete, what does this mean?
PETE WILLIAMS: So, it's a little hard to keep track of these cases.
This is one that came from the House Oversight Committee seeking financial records
from the Trump administration and Donald Trump personally, that are maintained
by the accountants. So it's a subpoena to the accountants. And, remember, this
followed Michael Cohen's testimony that Donald Trump sometimes inflated his
holdings, sometimes understated them, depending on whether he was trying to
get a loan or whether there were tax issues. So they subpoenaed those documents.
The Trump lawyers fought it. And all of the lower courts have said this can go
through. And there's a deadline here. Wednesday is when the court rulings
requiring this material be turned over takes effect.
So there's a Wednesday deadline here.
Now, the House had said to the Supreme Court, look, we know that this
is going to take some time to get all of these filings done. So, we wouldn't
object if the Supreme Court, strictly as an administrative matter, without
ruling on the merits, puts a hold on the effect of the subpoena. And we
would propose to file our legal briefs on November 22nd. And just a
moment ago, the Supreme Court said actually, you'll file them on the
21st by 3:00 in the afternoon. So, by Thursday then, we may get --
the door will be open for the Supreme Court to rule on the actual merits.
So, this stops the clock, in essence. But it's not a ruling on the merits.
And this Wednesday deadline now has gone away.
That would have forced the Trump accountants to
start turning over his financial records to the House.
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/scotus-places-temporary-block-trumps
Mitch McConnel blocked President Obama's (bipartisan friendly) pick for Justice.
The Republicans forced their picks for SCOTUS on the rest of us, and got their way.
Supreme Court puts temporary hold on Trump financial records ruling
House General Counsel Douglas N. Letter said in a letter to the court Monday morning
that the committee will oppose Trump’s motion. But “out of courtesy to this court,”
Letter said the committee did not oppose putting the D.C. Circuit’s ruling on hold
temporarily.
Roberts said in his short order that the House’s opposition to Trump’s filing
should be filed by Thursday.
The case is one of two at the Supreme Court in which Trump is fighting
to keep his financial records and tax returns secret. He has also asked the
court to review a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
that said roughly the same materials must be turned over to state
prosecutors in New York.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...50fa92-0a2d-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html
