Now this should be interesting, if yer not curious you're not alive! I predict it will go very badly for Donald, I wonder when we'll get our first peek.
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The American people deserve to know the truth about Trump and Russia. And to find the truth we need to follow the money. Now, the Supreme Court will decide whether the truth -- or partisan politics -- will win out before the American people go to the polls this November, writes John Avlon.
www.cnn.com
The Supreme Court decision on Trump's tax records just became more urgent than ever
(CNN)Reports that the
Russians bribed the Taliban with bounties for killing US service members were stunning -- and not just because of the alleged targeting of American soldiers, but because the Trump administration apparently did nothing to retaliate against Russia.
The White House
insists that President Donald Trump was never briefed on the intelligence reports -- begging the question why, if true, that could be the case. However, on Tuesday night, the
New York Times reported that President Trump had, indeed, been briefed on the Russian bounties in February -- three months before he unilaterally offered to invite
Russia to the G7 meetings.
At the very least, it fits a
long pattern of Trump and his team avoiding confrontation with Vladimir Putin, despite constant provocations.
It also provides just the latest, most urgent, example of why so much rides on the
Supreme Court's decision on whether Trump's taxes and business records can be
turned over to members of the House of Representatives and the New York district attorney.
The ruling is expected this week.
This is perhaps the most closely watched Supreme Court decision of this session, with massive implications for the separation of powers and the ability of American voters to make a fully informed decision in the November presidential election.
Trump has, of course, broken with decades of precedent in refusing to release his tax returns, often making up phony excuses for why he can't do it (among them, that he is subject to what would be the
longest tax audit in recorded history). The truth is that he's done everything possible to avoid showing his finances to the American people, with Attorney General Bill Barr's Department of Justice now acting like the President's personal lawyer.
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