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The high court’s order Tuesday culminates a years-long legal battle led by Democrats to obtain the 45th president’s taxes. An emergency petition submitted by Trump attempted to block the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from transmitting his tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.
“Why would anybody be surprised that the Supreme Court has ruled against me, they always do!” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “It is unprecedented to be handing over Tax Returns, & it creates terrible precedent for future Presidents. Has Joe Biden paid taxes on all of the money he made illegally from Hunter & beyond.”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s final vote count wasn’t made public. Details on how each justice voted were also not given.
“The application for stay of the mandate presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied. The order heretofore entered by The Chief Justice is vacated,” it said (pdf). Earlier, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay on a lower court order that had told the IRS to provide Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to 2020.
House Democrats, for years, have attempted to get Trump’s records and have, in part, said that they need them to determine how the IRS conducts presidential audits. But Trump’s team said that it’s a partisan effort that would lead to leaks to mainstream media outlets.
“The Supreme Court has lost its honor, prestige, and standing, & has become nothing more than a political body, with our Country paying the price,” Trump also wrote on Wednesday. “They refused to even look at the Election Hoax of 2020. Shame on them!”
