The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Donald Trump’s financial records could be turned over to prosecutors in New York, dealing a blow to a president who has broken with decades of tradition by keeping his tax returns secret.
The high court said the president did not have immunity from a criminal grand jury investigation run by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which last year subpoenaed financial records held by Mr Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA.
But in a second case, the high court temporarily blocked similar subpoenas issued by Congress. Both decisions pointed towards further litigation in the pair of the cases, with the court sending the subpoenas back to the lower courts for additional proceedings.