The Supreme Court is hearing a set of landmark cases over whether President Trump may keep his tax records shielded from investigators.
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The Supreme Court is hearing a set of landmark cases over whether President Donald Trump may keep his tax records shielded from investigators.
The president is asking the justices to reverse three lower court rulings that would require his banks and longtime accounting firm to turn over his financial documents to Democratic-led congressional committees and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.
The arguments, which began at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday and will take at least two hours, are being conducted by phone as a precaution against the spreading coronavirus, and streamed live to the public. Decisions are expected over the summer, as Trump makes his case to voters to give him a second term in office in November’s election.
The cases have the highest profile of the court’s term and are the first in which Trump’s personal financial dealings have come to the justices. The Supreme Court’s nine-member panel has a conservative majority, with five justices appointed by Republicans and four by Democrats.
