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title: ""The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for prosecutors in New…"
date: 2020-07-10
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# "The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for prosecutors in New…

*July 10, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/trump-taxes-supreme-court.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/trump-taxes-supreme-court.html){target="_blank"}
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\"The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for prosecutors in New York to seek President Trump's financial records in a stunning defeat for Mr. Trump and a major statement on the scope and limits of presidential power.\
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The decision in the case said Mr. Trump had no absolute right to block release of the papers and would take its place with landmark rulings that required President Richard M. Nixon to turn over tapes of Oval Office conversations and that forced President Bill Clinton to provide evidence in a sexual harassment suit.\
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"No citizen, not even the president, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding," Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority. He added that Mr. Trump might still raise objections to the scope and relevance of the subpoena requesting the records.\"\
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[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/trump-taxes-supreme-court.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/trump-taxes-supreme-court.html){target="_blank"}
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