Manhattan district attorney subpoenas 8 years of Trump tax returns

[Poiuyt]

New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office has subpoenaed eight years of President Donald Trump's tax returns from Mazars USA, the longtime accounting firm to Trump and the Trump Organization, as part of its investigation into hush money payments, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The subpoena marks a new escalation in the large-scale effort to obtain the President's tax returns, a battle that has largely played out in courts as the Trump administration has continued to stand its ground against efforts to secure any of Trump's financial information. Trump has claimed that ongoing IRS audits have stopped him from making his tax returns public, even though audits don't prevent individuals from releasing tax returns.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/politics/trump-tax-returns-eight-years/index.html

[klook]

1. "Temper your expectations."

Per Sarah Kendzior on Twitter:
"The Manhattan DA who subpoenaed Trump's taxes is Cy Vance. Vance is known for protecting elite criminals. Among those he aided are Weinstein, Epstein, Strauss-Kahn, and Donald Jr and Ivanka Trump. Temper your expectations."

[Poiuyt]

2. I always thought that DAs liked to push high profile cases

It gives them a chance to make a name for themselves. Besides, why would he subpoena the returns if he didn’t want to investigate them?

[oasis]

3. Don't give up until you've got the goods. nt