Prosecutors in new york want to see Donald Trumps financial records. They can, says the supreme court, much to the anger of the president. Also, democrats in Congress Want to see those documents. They cant. Those were the results of two separate rulings today from the highest court in the us. They mean that prosecutors can have access to the president s financial records, including his tax returns. But the documents which will go to a grand jury in new york will not be made public. A request for access by congressional committees was referred back to a lower court. An important political point the rulings make it likely mr trumps financial records wont be made public before novembers president ial election. Speaking at the white house, the president slammed the decisions. This is a political witch hunt the likes of which nobodys ever seen before. Its a pure witch hunt, its a hoax. Just like the mueller investigations a hoax that i won, and this is another hoax. This is purely political
Hello and welcome. Prosecutors in new york want to see Donald Trumps financial records. They can, says the supreme court, much to the anger of the president. Also, democrats in Congress Want to see those documents. They cant. Those were the results of two separate rulings today from the highest court in the us. They mean that prosecutors can have access to the president s financial records, including his tax returns. But the documents which will go to a grand jury in new york will not be made public. A request for access by congressional committees was referred back to a lower court. An important political point the rulings make it likely mr trumps financial records wont be made public before novembers president ial election. Speaking at the white house, the president slammed the decisions. This is a political witch hunt the likes of which nobodys ever seen before. Its a pure witch hunt, its a hoax. Just like the mueller investigations a hoax that i won, and this is another hoax. This
And freezing conditions at this years french open as players swap tennis whites for leggings and jumpers. Good to have you with us. The New York Times says President Trump paid just 750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency. The paper says it has obtained two decades of mr trumps tax records after a long battle by the president to keep them private. Theyre reported to reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. Mr trump dismissed the report as fake news. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Once again, donald trump and his tax returns, the story that has dogged the president ever since he announced he was running for office, and long before as a businessman. Now the New York Times says it is obtained tax return data from mrtrump obtained tax return data from mr trump dating back more than two decades, along with the hundreds of companies that make up hundreds of companies that make up his Business Organisation and detailed information
The New York Times says its obtained Donald Trumps tax records stretching back more than two decades, which it says reveal chronic losses and years of tax avoidance. The newspaper reports mrtrump paid only 750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency and paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous 15 years. Speaking earlier at a white house news conference, the president dismissed the latest report has he has done in the past. Its totally fake news. Made up. Fake. We went through the same stories, you couldve asked me the same questions four years ago, i had to litigate this and talk about it. Totally fake news. No, actually, i pay tax. But and youll see that as soon as my tax returns are. Its under audit. Theyve been under audit for a long time. The irs does not treat me well. The treat me like the Tea Party Like they treated the tea party. They dont treat me well. They treat me very badly. You have people in the irs that very treat me very, very badly. But theyr
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