Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat, upholds demand for his tax returns
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Jul 09, 2020
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court dealt President Donald Trump a major defeat Thursday by rejecting his claims of presidential immunity and upholding subpoenas from New York prosecutors seeking his tax returns and financial records.
In one of the most anticipated rulings on presidential privilege in years, the justices by a 7-2 vote ruled the nation's chief executive is not above the law and must comply with legitimate demands from a grand jury in New York that is investigating Trump's alleged hush money payments to two women who claimed to have had sex with him. Even so, it
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