i think it should be a slam dunk in the supreme court. i have faith in them. you know, people like kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place, he ll step up. hmm. well, that can t be your legal strategy, right? thinking justices owe him something for appointing him. they don t owe you, and you don t own them. you don t own me don t try to change me in any way you knew i was going to bring a reference. it s friday night, people. we ve already seen that the justices, they may not be dancing in white suits in a trio there are nine of them but they have not always ruled the way trump wanted them to. the supreme court in 2022, they cleared the way for the irs to release trump s tax returns to a democratic-led house committee.
beginning. long books on tape is what people need. reporter: that s right. one day, four different courtrooms for cases involving former president trump, show casing the legal challenges he s facing one week after announced he is going to be running for president in 2024. first, the maybe the biggest, the supreme court cleared the way for the irs to release trump s tax returns to a democratic house committee. trump fought for years to not release his irs tax returns breaking with the precedence. i m under a routine audit and it ll be released. i ve been audited i think for 15 straight years. when the audit is done, i ll release them. as soon as my routine audit is finished i ll release my returns. i d be proud to. i would love to give them but i m not going to do it while i m under audit, it s simple.
in . in our politics lead, the court rejected lindsey graham s objection to get out of testifying in georgia s hearing. graham asked a court to block a subpoena for him to testify in front of a grand jury. john roberts put a hold to require the irs to release trump s tax information to the democratic house weighs and means committee. coming e ing up on cnn toni john o day trying to unseat democratic senator michael bennett in colorado. that s tonight at 9:00 eastern here on cnn and if you ever miss an episode, you can listen wherever you get your podcast. our coverage continues here with wolf blitzer the situation room . happening now, breaking news. the man charged in the hammer attack on the husband of the