Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, on Friday, July, 17th, Granted a Request from, the New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, to Accelerate the Date on which the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Access to President Trump’s Financial Records will Officially go into Effect.
The Ruling does Not mean that the Manhattan Grand Jury, on whose behalf the District Attorney served a Subpoena seeking the Documents from the Accounting Company Trump uses, will Automatically Receive the Documents, but it Allows a Federal Trial Court in New York to move ahead to try to Resolve any Remaining Disputes over the Documents, how many years of Business Records (8 years) will be Turned Over to the Grand Jury, including when he filed in 2017 for the Tax year 2016, the Election year.
The Records would cover Business Record showing Payments to Two Women and how Trump Valued his Properties for Business Loans and State Tax Payments.
On July 9th, the Supreme Court Issued its Decision in Trump v. Vance. By a Vote of 7-2, the Justices Rejected the President’s Claim that he is always Immune from State Grand Jury Proceedings while he is in Office. But the Court sent the Case back to the Federal District Court, noting that the President can still Raise other Challenges to the Subpoena, for example, by arguing that the Subpoena is too Broad or seeks Information that isn’t Relevant to the Grand Jury’s Investigation.
Under the Supreme Court’s Rules, the Rulings would normally go into effect on August 3rd, 25 days after the Court’s Opinion was Released.
But Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan District Attorney, on Wednesday, July, 15th, asked the Justices to put their Ruling into Effect Immediately.
Proceedings in the District Court are already underway, Vance noted; any Disputes about the Subpoenas should be Resolved Quickly “to prevent frustration of the grand jury’s ongoing investigation.” “And, critically,” Vance added, “given the age of many of the transactions at issue in the grand jury’s investigation, issues could arise in the near future concerning the applicable statutes of limitations.” “Each day that compliance with the” subpoena “is delayed,” Vance Warned, “increases the likelihood that the grand jury will not receive the documents it sought ten months ago in a timely fashion,” which could Effectively give Trump “the absolute temporary immunity” that the Supreme Court Rejected.
Although he believed that the Lower Courts have acted Properly in Initiating Proceedings in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on July 9th, Vance suggested, it would still be Appropriate for the Justices to Issue their Ruling immediately (presumably, although he did not say so expressly, to remove any doubt), particularly because Trump has Consented to the Request.
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