The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that he holds absolute immunity to criminal investigations while in office
AMERICA’S SUPREME COURT issued a Solomonic pair of rulings on July 9th. By a 7-2 majority, the justices declared that Cyrus Vance, a New York prosecutor, may see details of President Donald Trump’s finances and his tax returns—something Mr Trump has long resisted. Within months, a grand jury may view documents related to allegations that Mr Trump paid off paramours.
The New York grand jury is investigating Mr Trump’s alleged hush-money payoffs to an adult-film star and aholds that Mr Trump has no blanket protection preventing the release to that jury of his taxes and financial records from Mazars USA, his accountant. Nor may Mr Trump, or any president, demand a “heightened standard of need” when a prosecutor requests evidence.
At the same time, however, the majority found little to recommend the standard urged by the House—which its lawyer had a terrible time articulating in oral argument in May. The House’s view leaves “essentially no limits on the congressional power to subpoena the president’s personal records”, the majority held, and opens the door to harassment of the executive by Congress.
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