May it please the court. In april of 2019 when the Oversight Committee issued this subpoena to mazars it had an extraordinarily broad view of its own investigative authority. According to the committee, the power to subpoena the president s personal papers was could he extensive with the power to legislate and did not have to give any reasons or explanation with what legislative goals its pursuing and had no duty to meaningful narrow or tailor its request. That view of its own authority is reflected in the subpoena which is drafted in incredibly broad terms and substantiated with little more than a sentence, a vague sentence in a memo about legislation. But the committees view of its own authority was rejected by the Supreme Court in this case 90. The Court Announced a new test that substantially restricts congresss power to subpoena the personal papers. In response to that decision the complete did not withdraw, narrow or even reissue the subpoena. It instead attaches a 25,000 word me
The emails were placed on a backedup hard drive by the Computer Repair shops owner. In those emails hunter biden sends messages to executives of chinas largest private Energy Provider cfc. Those show that hunter biden struck a threeyear deal with the chinese firm for 30 million in 207. And according to the 2017. And according to the emails, hunter biden was to be paid 10 million a year for his, quote, consulting fees based on introductions alone. Hunters emails suggest the deal had been sweetened, however, as the chairman changed that deal to a much more lasting and lucrative arrangement. Hunter biden says that sweetened deal was so much more interesting to me and my family, ebb end quote. End quote. The documents released today and reported on again by the New York Post also show that biden was paid a Million Dollar retainer by the Chinese Energy company to be counselor on matters related to u. S. Law. In an unspecified Business Venture that hunter biden was planning, he also sought p
The emails were placed on a backedup hard drive by the Computer Repair shops owner. In those emails hunter biden sends messages to executives of chinas largest private Energy Provider cfc. Those show that hunter biden struck a threeyear deal with the chinese firm for 30 million in 207. And according to the 2017. And according to the emails, hunter biden was to be paid 10 million a year for his, quote, consulting fees based on introductions alone. Hunters emails suggest the deal had been sweetened, however, as the chairman changed that deal to a much more lasting and lucrative arrangement. Hunter biden says that sweetened deal was so much more interesting to me and my family, ebb end quote. End quote. The documents released today and reported on again by the New York Post also show that biden was paid a Million Dollar retainer by the Chinese Energy company to be counselor on matters related to u. S. Law. In an unspecified Business Venture that hunter biden was planning, he also sought p
Ruled in favor of the das office and the subpoena. But they also remanded the case back to the lower courts for additional consideration. This is an hour and 20 minutes. We will hear from trump the vance. The way we will proceed is that each side will have on interrupted arguments. Then there will be questioning in order of that with judge lavalle first then me and then judge. You will begin and you have reserved three minutes for a rebuttal. Thank you your honor and good morning. Good morning. And may it please the court, on remand the president filed and raised two claims, first that the subpoena and overbroad fishing expedition. And second that it was issued in bad faith in order to harass the president. The District Attorney concedes the Supreme Court is author of the president bring these claims in federal court on remand. The only issue then, on appeal, is whether the allegations of bad faith or plausible. The District Courts determination that they are not could be reversed for
The court heard arguments from the president s attorney in the manhattan District Attorneys office. The central issue surrounds the subpoena for the president s finances as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct i the president s company, the Trump Organization. This is the second time this case has appeared before the court. The first was in october of 2019. It ended up before the u. S. Supreme court in may of 2020 and the justices ultimately ruled in favor of the das office and subpoena. But also remanded the case back to the lower courts for additional consideration. This is one hour and 20 minutes. 20 minutes. We will hear from trump the vance. The way we will proceed is that each side will have on interrupted arguments. Then there will be questioning in order of that with judge lavalle first then me and then judge. You will begin and you have reserved three minutes for a rebuttal. Thank you your honor and good morning. Good morning. And may it please the court, on remand