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Trump Loses Another Court Battle on Release of Taxes

By Jeralyn, Section Colorado News
Posted on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 12:28:30 PM EST
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Donald Trump loses once again, this time in the Second Circuit appeals court which upheld the refusal of the trail court to quash subpoenas in New York state investigation of Trump wronging.

The decision is Trump v. Cyrusr, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31772 and is available free here.

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    Trump is (none / 0) (#1)
    by Ga6thDem on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 02:02:32 PM EST
    going to keep losing. It's just a matter of when. I wonder if there is another reason he can come up with to restart this in the courts again. Trump has to be a literal gravy train for lawyers. Well, that is if he actually pays them.

    Of course he doesn't pay them. They are paid (none / 0) (#3)
    by Peter G on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 02:48:12 PM EST
    by the campaign, illegally (IMHO) misappropriating contributions from his supporters for a personal rather than a political purpose, in violation of the rarely-enforced federal election law.

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    I hope it's a quick turnaround (none / 0) (#2)
    by CaptHowdy on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 02:10:17 PM EST
    Trumps head will explode if this is decided against him so I hope it's in the next 20whatever days.

    I made some comments on this subject (none / 0) (#4)
    by Peter G on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 03:07:21 PM EST
    in the earlier thread. Standard post-decision procedures in the federal appeals courts would not result in this being resolved before Election Day. And it is not heading for a public disclosure of the tax returns at this time anyway; the subpoena is to a grand jury, which is secret until and unless charges are brought. As Tr*mp's lawyers are playing for time and deliberately maximizing delay, the court will have to take preemptive action to cause things to speed up. And if the lawyers then pretend to try another appeal to the Supreme Court, there are no rules requiring that to be resolved quickly.

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    I believe (none / 0) (#5)
    by CaptHowdy on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 03:13:01 PM EST
    I have heard to word "expedited" in stories about this.  

    Maybe.

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    Heard it here (none / 0) (#6)
    by CaptHowdy on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 03:16:48 PM EST
    This is the first time they heard this I guess.  Will it still be considered expedited?

    Supreme Court agrees to expedite order on Trump's tax returns



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    A case is expedited if the court orders (none / 0) (#7)
    by Peter G on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 07:31:20 PM EST
    it to be expedited. Either on its own initiative, or at the request of a party. (So far, to my surprise and confusion, the NYC DA's office has acquiesced at every stage in a series of stays that have prevented them from implementing the rulings that have gone consistently in their favor.) And "expedited" by court standards is still nothing like "prompt" or "speedy" in the real world.

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    Thank-you for mentioning this. I have been (none / 0) (#8)
    by vml68 on Thu Oct 08, 2020 at 11:33:08 AM EST
    wondering they weren't asking for the returns.

    So far, to my surprise and confusion, the NYC DA's office has acquiesced at every stage in a series of stays that have prevented them from implementing the rulings that have gone consistently in their favor.

    I thought there was some "legal protocol" the NYC DA's office was following which was causing the delay in getting the returns.

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    In federal court cases (such as this one) (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by Peter G on Thu Oct 08, 2020 at 02:58:52 PM EST
    a winning party ordinarily has the right to act in accordance with their victory, even while the other side appeals, unless a court orders otherwise (called a "stay"). Some state courts have the opposite rule (sometimes called an "automatic supersedeas"), but this litigation is in federal court. Hence, my puzzlement at the NYC DA's actions so far.

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    I don't want to be suspicious about the DA's (none / 0) (#10)
    by vml68 on Thu Oct 08, 2020 at 11:05:32 PM EST
    actions but...
    Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance's role in the Harvey Weinstein and Trump scandals, explained

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