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The New York Times reports:
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Trump can for now block the release of his financial records to Congress but that prosecutors in New York may see them, a stunning defeat for Mr. Trump but a decision that probably means the records will continue to be shielded from public scrutiny until after the election and perhaps indefinitely.
The vote in both cases was 7 to 2. Mr. Trump had asked the court to block both sets of subpoenas, which had sought information from Mr. Trump’s accountants and bankers, not from Mr. Trump himself; the firms have indicated that they would comply with the court’s ruling.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers had argued that he was immune from all criminal proceedings and investigations so long as he remained in office and that Congress was powerless to obtain his records because it had no legislative need for them.
In another 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court in the Mazars case sets a new 4-part standard for congressional subpoenas of the president and sends the case back to the lower courts.https://t.co/zSUel4ZXEH pic.twitter.com/VS072rDOTq
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 9, 2020
Also a 7-2 vote in Trump v. Mazars, the Supreme Court sent the issue of congressional subpoenas back to the lower courts. As with Trump v. Vance, Alito and Thomas were in the dissent. https://t.co/2KNdjumYNo
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) July 9, 2020
Supreme Court remands Mazars cases to lower courts, rejecting the standard the president sought but saying “The House’s approach fails to take adequate account of the significant separation of powers issues raised by congressional subpoenas for the President’s information.
— Aaron Katersky (@AaronKatersky) July 9, 2020