A federal judge in Washington dismissed President Trump’s lawsuit seeking to block the House Ways and Means Committee from using a recently enacted New York law to request his state tax returns, saying that for now the case belongs before a judge in New York.
The House panel, chaired by Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), has not requested Trump’s state returns. Trump’s attorneys filed the lawsuit in July preemptively, arguing that without an emergency court order blocking a congressional request, his New York returns might be disclosed before the president’s opposition could be heard in court.
Based on the current allegations, Mr. Trump has not met his burden of establishing [the court’s] personal jurisdiction over either of the New York Defendants,” the state’s tax commissioner and attorney general, Nichols wrote in a 19-page opinion.
In a statement, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said she was “pleased” with the court’s conclusion, adding: “The TRUST Act is an important tool that will ensure accountability to millions of Americans who deserve to know the truth. We have never doubted that this law was legal, which is why we vigorously defended it from the start and will continue to do so.”
If anyone is looking for a good overview of all of the info from the closed door depositions, put into a nice little timeline of events, to use as a cheat sheet when the hearings start tomorrow, I highly recommend the one put together by Terri Kanefield, an attorney and author, and MSNBC commentator. It helped me understand how everything fits together. Link:
https://impeachment-trump.com/
Jeanne, I'm wondering if perhaps starting a second thread JUST for the impeachment hearings might be worthwhile at this point? This thread is great for discussing Trump, but there is going to be a ton of information to discuss just on the hearings, and it might be good to separate that out as its own discussion. I didn't want to start it - thought I'd leave it up to Jeanne.
Happy impeachment hearings everyone! I'm excited for things to get underway tomorrow!
Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded in his reelection bid against Democrat Andy Beshear on Thursday afternoon, over a week after the initial vote results were deemed too close to call.
Trump dominated Kentucky in the 2016 presidential elections, winning the state by 30 points and Bevin leaned on the president's popularity to carry him to the finish line. The Republican governor has alienated some supporters by pushing to cut state pension programs and hammering public school teachers for striking -- including his suggestion that the striking teachers indirectly bore responsibility for the shooting of a 7-year-old girl who remained at home because of school closures.
oh well let’s this be a lesson for 2020 race trump is not that popular only in his head!! Oh wait better let him campaign for Republicans. I think Trump said not to let him down ? they did
Trump takes his tax fight to the Supreme Court. Any thoughts? Will they take the case or will we see his taxes?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-efforts-shield-tax-returns-supreme-court/story?id=67018883
It’s disgusting that you were attacked in a racial way, or in any way. And for people to not support you at your next door.com is just as disgusting if not more. Lately I feel everything is upside down and backwards. Making me a little nuts at times. Please remember those are a segment of society, but there’s a whole lot more people that are different and in a good way.
Anita
Roger Stone was just found guilty on all counts! https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/15/politics/roger-stone-trial-verdict/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-11-15T16%3A58%3A45&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social
I think I got a hit on this from the predictions that I submitted for the last read the future night.
More importantly and sadly, Stone is found guilty of witness intimidation on the same day that the president is doing the same thing in real time to the former ambassador who is currently testifying.
Yes you got a hit. I will try to post early predictions from 11/11 so we can start counting hits. We got 75 pages of predictions so it will take time to assemble them but yes, you got this hit!
This could be nothing, but seems a bit odd:
Trump undergoes annual physical months ahead of schedule
President Trump underwent part of his annual physical at Walter Reed Medical Center on Saturday, a stop which came as a surprise to reporters as it was not on his public schedule. Mr. Trump was not due for another physical until February.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-undergoes-part-of-his-physical-months-ahead-of-schedule/
White House is spinning it as him just "trying to get ahead of things" while he's not busy but the trip to Walter Reed was not on his daily published schedule. And who "gets ahead" of an annual physical on a late Saturday afternoon?
Apparently White House pool reporters are saying on twitter that they did not see him leave the White House. He did not take Marine 1 to Walter Reed, which he has done for past "physicals". Also the White House issued a weird cryptic announcement saying he left the White House at 2:45 but the information was embargoed until 5 pm.
Again, this could be absolutely nothing, but given the Trump administration's history of...stretching the truth....it does seem a little odd.