Explainer: What's at stake in Supreme Court fight over Trump financial records

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democratic-led House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trump’s financial records.

The other case concerns another subpoena issued to Mazars for similar information, including tax returns, but this one was issued as part of a grand jury investigation into Trump being carried out in New York City. The justices will hear a second one-hour oral argument in this case.In all three cases, lower courts in Washington and New York ruled against Trump.

At the time of his January 2017 inauguration, Trump owed Deutsche Bank around $350 million, according to sources. Many of the loans were granted through Deutsche Bank’s New York-based private banking division, which also lent to Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.

SCOTUSblog we shall see if nobody is above the law. ACLU

this is why trump wants to avoid prosecution while in office.

Since realdonaldtrump is in oval office the USA is governed by crooks! Nothing will happen to realdonaldtrump. Maybe he has all judges in his pockets already! The Russian MOP are his best friends too.

I don’t know much about Pres Obama and his AG’s powers as I wasn’t very politcal until 2015. I have voted blue since I was of age in the 90’s. If 44 could of done something about his SCOTUS nominee denial in his final election year he should of held no bars. We need Garland!

What AMERICANS really care about .... Obamagate

Time to show the world the money.

Individual1isa1 Any agreement with Trump in any of these cases will be an abomination to our judicial branch

patton6966 add this to your prayer list today 🙏🙏🙏

Chief Justice Roberts - the man who brought you Citizens United (and gerrymandering, voter suppression, dark money, and RU/NRA/RNC/GOP/TRUMP); who did nothing but smirk over Trump’s Impeachment Trial; and who continues to act corrupted / kompromatted and fully partisan.

Two telephone calls with Mexico's president and Australia's Prime Minister were leaked, and folks believe that if there's anything damaging to Donald Trump in his tax records it wouldn't have been leaked? These cases are political theatre.

Who would've imagined 4 years ago that we all believed that the deliberate concealing of his taxes was the highlight of his deception towards the U.S.? We were all so young and innocent then...

I'm glad our Supreme court is discussing these important matters during a worldwide pandemic

Lock. Him. Up.

Today might well be what the history books one day will call ' the beginning of the end of the rule of law in the US of A'.

Release the records and let the public decide if what they see is presidential or not.

The fix is already in.

Trump has it bought and paid for. Probably the only thing he has ever paid for.

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