| Megathread: Federal Judge Rules President Trump Must Turn Over Eight Years Of Personal And Corporate Tax Returns Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:27 AM PDT A federal judge on Monday rejected a bold argument from President Trump that sitting presidents are immune from criminal investigations, allowing the Manhattan district attorney's office to subpoena eight years of the president's personal and corporate tax returns. Lawyers for Mr. Trump were expected to appeal the ruling from Judge Victor Marrero of Manhattan federal court. The president's could not immediately be reached for comment. In a 75-page ruling, Judge Marrero said called president's argument "repugnant to the nation's governmental structure and constitutional values." Presidents, their families and businesses are not above the law, the judge ruled. In response, the President's lawyers filed an emergency notice of appeal to the 2nd circuit. UPDATE: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has granted Donald Trump a temporary administrative stay pending expedited review by a panel of the Court. Source
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| The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 40 Posted: 07 Oct 2019 09:05 AM PDT Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed. If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.
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| 'Money Is Not Speech and Corporations Are Not People': Sanders Unveils Plan to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics Posted: 07 Oct 2019 05:43 AM PDT |
| Donald Trump's own former national security officials sign open letter saying Ukraine whistleblower did nothing wrong and deserves protection Posted: 07 Oct 2019 01:59 AM PDT |
| The GOP is gaslighting America Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:04 AM PDT |
| 'Stinks of betrayal:' Trump slammed for allowing Turkey to attack Kurdish allies in Syria Posted: 07 Oct 2019 04:22 AM PDT |
| If Trump Is Impeached, Pence Should Go Too Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:24 AM PDT |
| ‘Everyone is getting a little shaky’: Republicans consider turning on Trump as impeachment support grows across US Posted: 07 Oct 2019 05:43 AM PDT |
| Donald Trump now accuses Nancy Pelosi of 'treason' (and wants to impeach her) Posted: 07 Oct 2019 04:36 AM PDT |
| 'These allegations are shocking': Trump allies plotted to oust Ukraine gas company’s CEO so they could profit, reports say Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:12 AM PDT |
| Pete Buttigieg proposes seizing patents and steep taxes on pharmaceutical companies who won't negotiate drug prices Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:42 AM PDT |
| ‘Fox & Friends’ Host Brian Kilmeade Attacks Trump for ‘Disastrous’ Decision to Abandon Kurdish Allies Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:11 AM PDT |
| Elizabeth Warren proposes tougher judicial ethics rules that would allow new investigations into Brett Kavanaugh and President Trump’s sister Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:51 AM PDT |
| Rudy Giuliani will go down in history alongside "Hitler's mustache-waxer," Democratic politician says Posted: 07 Oct 2019 05:06 AM PDT |
| Nikki Haley criticizes Trump's Syria withdrawal: Leaving allies to die 'is a big mistake' Posted: 07 Oct 2019 07:02 AM PDT |
| Hillary Clinton calls Trump's Syria pullout a 'sickening betrayal' of allies Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:26 AM PDT |
| Former FBI agent says Trump attempted to employ covert propaganda against American public Posted: 07 Oct 2019 07:06 AM PDT |
| Defying Pentagon, Trump backs Turkish operation in Syria targeting U.S.-backed Kurds Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:18 AM PDT |
| Donald Trump is "Putin's foreign minister," ex-Army intelligence officer says: "Reason enough to impeach" Posted: 07 Oct 2019 01:19 AM PDT |
| Trump has no right to confront the whistleblower who triggered an impeachment inquiry Posted: 07 Oct 2019 05:28 AM PDT |
| Impeachment Is Not a “Coup” Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:22 AM PDT |
| Lindsey Graham turns on Trump over ‘disaster’ Syria move Posted: 07 Oct 2019 07:32 AM PDT |
| If Bernie Sanders is the nominee, he'll ban corporate donations at 2020 Democratic Convention in Milwaukee Posted: 07 Oct 2019 05:12 AM PDT |
| Graham calls Trump move in Syria 'a disaster in the making' Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:02 AM PDT |
| Trump handing northern Syria to Turkey is a ‘gift to Russia, Iran, and ISIS,’ former US envoy says Posted: 07 Oct 2019 06:50 AM PDT |
| Trump Justifies Betraying the Kurds: They “Fought With Us, But Were Paid Massive Amounts of Money” Posted: 07 Oct 2019 07:06 AM PDT |
| Parade of US diplomats to testify in Trump impeachment drive Posted: 07 Oct 2019 04:07 AM PDT |
