Prosecutors flag that DOJ is not in sync with Trump on tax returns claim
Source: MSN
The Justice Department brief filed last week in the case said that the effort to use a criminal subpoena to obtain Trump’s tax returns raised “significant constitutional questions” and should be put on hold so its impact could be reconsidered by a federal district judge. But Justice officials did not go as far as Trump lawyers, who argued that a sitting president is entirely off-limits to state prosecutors.
Vance’s team also scoffed at arguments from Trump and the Justice Department that impeachment is the mechanism the Constitution prescribes for misconduct by a president. The local prosecutors noted that Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone sent a letter to Congress last week defying its demands for information in an impeachment inquiry.
“The reality is that Appellant has refused to participate in the very impeachment process that he presents here as the bulwark against placing a president above the law… His core position on every one of these matters is that the United States Presidency places him beyond the reach of the law,” Vance’s office wrote.
Prosecutors also emphasized their argument that allowing Trump to fend off the subpoena would threaten investigations of other individuals who could potentially be charged, regardless of whatever legal protections a president may claim.
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Interestingly, in the NY District Attorney's Action, Trump is arguing that the DA can't subpoena Trump's tax returns, because the only way you can get such records is through impeachment proceedings. Yet, Trump is also defying the House's impeachment investigation efforts arguing that they are unfair and invalid.
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