The Supreme Court has upheld the Manhattan district attorney's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns, but kept a hold on his financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year. 9News
The case was argued by telephone in May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In two earlier cases over presidential power, the Supreme Court acted unanimously in requiring President Richard Nixon to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor and in allowing a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton to go forward.In those cases, three Nixon appointees and two Clinton appointees, respectively, voted against the president who chose them for the high court.
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