Reported by sputnik, the state prosecutors previously subpoenaed the US president’s accounting firm for his personal and corporate tax returns in order to investigate the Stormy Daniels hush-money case.
The US Appeals Court has granted a temporary stay of decision to President Trump, allowing for the enforcement of the tax return subpoena, Reuters reported, citing a court order.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal contesting the ruling of a US federal judge that issued a subpoena for the president’s tax returns. The lawyers submitted the appeal to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals.
This comes as US District Judge Victor Marrero rejected a request by US President Donald Trump on Monday and ruled that he must turn in eight years of his tax returns to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
“As the court reads it, presidential immunity would stretch to cover every phase of criminal proceedings, including investigations, grand jury proceedings and subpoenas, indictment, prosecution, arrest, trial, conviction, and incarceration”, Marrero wrote. “That constitutional protection presumably would encompass any conduct, at any time, in any forum, whether federal or state, and whether the President acted alone or in concert with other individuals”.
The judge noted that Trump’s claim of broad immunity is “extraordinary”, adding that the “limitless assertion of presidential immunity from judicial process” can’t be accepted.
Writing on Twitter, President Trump has condemned the request for his tax returns for eight years.
