Trump’s financial records must be released to prosecutor, US Supreme Court rules
- But in a short-term win for Trump, the court prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents
- The president has refused to release his tax returns that could provide details on his wealth
Both 7-2 rulings were wrote by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts. One ruling means that the subpoena issued to Trump’s long-term accounting firm, Mazars LLP, for various financial records to be turned over to a grand jury as part of a criminal investigation can be enforced.
But the court sidestepped a major ruling on whether three House committees could also obtain Trump financial documents under subpoena, in what is a short-term win for Trump. Litigation will now continue in lower courts.
In both rulings, Roberts was joined by the court’s four liberals as well as Trump’s two conservative appointees to the court, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
Trump went to Twitter soon after the rulings to complain about the outcome, saying he was the victim of “political prosecution”.
“This is all a political prosecution,” Trump tweeted. “I won the Mueller Witch Hunt, and others, and now I have to keep fighting in a politically corrupt New York. Not fair to this Presidency or Administration!”
