game, set, match After more than three years of battle, a House committee is expected to receive the documents next week and will then decide whether to make them public
Donald Trump has announced his 2024 presidential candidacy on November 15, 2022 from his residence in Mar-a-Lago. — AFP
This is a major defeat for Donald Trump. The Supreme Court of the United States has authorized on Tuesday the transfer of his Congressional tax returns, rejecting a final appeal from the former Republican president. A decision that should allow the Democrats to obtain documents that they have been demanding for more than three years, before handing over to the Republicans in January.
Contrary to all tenants of the White House since the 1970s, Donald Trump has always refused to to release his tax returns and he fought fiercely in the courts to block the congressional request. It is these years as candidate and president, between 2015 and 2020, that are concerned.
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Judicial ping pong
After many episodes, a federal appeals court had allowed at the end of October, the tax services at the end of send these documents to; the House Committee. The real estate magnate then addressed an emergency appeal to; the Supreme Court of the United States to block this transfer.
On November 1, it had suspended the transmission of the documents while waiting to have the elements to decide on the bottom. After receiving arguments from both parties, she finally rejected the Donald Trump’s request on Tuesday. In accordance with; its uses, it did not explain; his motives.
Although she’s been Deeply reworked by the former president, the high court imposed on him several setbacks in the matter and had notably authorized in 2020 the transfer of financial documents to the New York justice which is investigating his affairs.
The committee; decide whether to make the documents public
The lack of transparency of Donald Trump, who has made his wealth a campaign argument, has fueled speculation for years about the extent of his fortune or potential conflicts of interest. .
It is not certain, however, that the transfer of his tax archives to Congress will lift the veil on the affairs of the septuagenarian who has just announced his candidacy for the United States. the 2024 presidential election.
The commission, which called for these tax returns to develop ethical rules for the affairs of presidents, is not supposed to make them public. According to the New York Times, the decision has not yet been made. taken and will depend on what the documents reveal. For the Democrats, the clock is ticking: in January, the Republicans will regain control and will probably abandon this work.