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Donald Trump’s tax returns can be turned over to New York prosecutors, US Supreme Court rules
In a significant defeat for former president Donald Trump, the United States Supreme Court declined to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York prosecutor.
Key points:
- The New York prosecutor involved in the case has been seeking Mr Trump’s tax records since 2019
- The decision to release the tax records came from the US Supreme Court
- Mr Trump had appointed three of the Supreme Court’s Justices during his time as US president
The court’s action is the culmination of a lengthy legal battle that had already reached the nation’s highest court once before.
Mr Trump’s tax records will not become public as part of the prosecutor’s criminal investigation, but the court’s action is a blow to Mr Trump, who long fought on so many fronts to keep…
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