Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Plea to Stall Democrats on His Tax Returns
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Plea to Stall Democrats on His Tax Returns
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Plea , to Stall Democrats , on His Tax Returns.
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Plea , to Stall Democrats , on His Tax Returns.
The Supreme Court issued its ruling on Nov.
22.
No dissenting opinions were noted.
The decision means that Congress' Ways and Means Committee has access to Trump's records, which the former president sought to block.
Trump lashed out against the Supreme Court in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The Supreme Court has lost its honor, prestige, and standing, & has become nothing more than a political body, with our Country paying the price, Donald Trump, via Truth Social.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lauded the ruling, imploring Congress to "enact legislation requiring presidents and candidates for president to disclose their tax returns.".
These documents are vital to meeting the House’s Constitutional mandate: , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), via NBC News.
... guarding the public interest, defending our national security and holding our public officials to account, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), via NBC News.
The House looks forward to promptly receiving and reviewing these documents, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), via NBC News.
The Ways and Means Committee's top Republican member stated that "no party in Congress should hold this dangerous power.".
By effectively granting the majority party in either chamber of Congress nearly unlimited power to target and make public the tax returns of political enemies — , Kevin Brady, (R-TX), Ways and Means Committee's Top Republican, via NBC News.
... political figures, private citizens, or even justices of the Supreme Court themselves —, Kevin Brady, (R-TX), Ways and Means Committee's Top Republican, via NBC News.
... they are opening a dangerous new political battleground where no citizen is safe, Kevin Brady, (R-TX), Ways and Means Committee's Top Republican, via NBC News.
Trump is the only modern president who has refused to make his tax returns public