https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supreme-court-tax-returns-new-york-1485676
Siding with President Donald Trump in his quest to prevent New York
prosecutors from obtaining his tax return, the Justice Department filed a
new brief with the Supreme Court on Monday arguing in favor of
presidential immunity. The department defended the broad notion of
immunity from cumbersome judicial proceedings by noting that the
president can be held accountable in other ways, such as through
impeachment, scrutiny from the press, and his desire to maintain a
positive reputation.
After noting the broad scope of immunity the
Justice Department has previously determined applies to the president on
questions of arrest and indictment, the filing observes "a wide range
of 'alternative remedies and deterrents' to presidential wrongdoing"
that fall outside strict judicial action.
Manhattan District
Attorney Cyrus Vance is seeking Trump's personal tax returns by way of
the president's accounting firm, Mazars USA, as part of a state criminal
investigation into potential violations of New York record-keeping
laws.
