Manhattan District Attorney says Trump wants 'sweeping immunity' in tax fight

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Prosecutor says Trump wants ‘sweeping immunity’ in tax fight

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
September 23, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s district attorney urged a judge Monday to reject President Donald Trump’s effort to block prosecutors from obtaining his tax returns, saying the president wants “sweeping immunity.”

District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. filed papers in federal court after Trump’s attorneys sued last week to stop Vance from forcing the president’s accounting firm to release eight years of his state and federal returns in a criminal probe.

Vance urged a judge to reject Trump’s request for a temporary order blocking Vance’s subpoena for the records in a probe of payments made to two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump. He also asked U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero to dismiss the lawsuit.

Vance said Trump was asserting the “remarkable proposition” that a sitting president not only enjoys blanket immunity from criminal prosecution, but also isn’t required to submit to any routine grand jury request for information about what he, his businesses or employees did before he took office.

“The law provides no such sweeping immunity,” the court papers said.

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[gratuitous]

1. Oh, the law! Psssssh

Trumpus Incontinentia has transcended your puny "laws," humans. Now that he has taken over the United States, we are under the governance of the Whim of Steel (no need for a trademark; simply reading those words means you owe Trumpus Incontinentia a dollar).

[Frustratedlady]

2. Sure he does! Who would have the time to explain all the lies he's probably used to cover up/hide

income and inflate costs? Look at how many times his tax issue has gone before the courts. He works harder at protecting his taxes than he does playing president,

Time for The Don to grow up and accept his due.

[yaesu]

3. when you install a criminal in the white house because of a flawed election system, stupid voters

and russian money you get this kind of crap on a daily basis.

[aeromanKC]

4. You'll get nothing and like it!!

[Wounded Bear]

6. ...and you lose...

[Wounded Bear]

5. So, I'll give you the evidence if you promise not to use it against me...