AND HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR OF "HIS
TRUTH IS MARCHING ON," JOHN
MEACHAM.
LET’S GET TO THE DETAILS OF
YESTERDAY’S SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS.
THE COURT RULING THE PRESIDENT’S
FINANCIAL RECORDS MUST BE HANDED
OVER TO A NEW YORK GRAND JURY
BUT CONGRESS HAS MORE WORK TO DO
TO MAKE ITS CASE.
BOTH CASES WERE DECIDED BY A 7-2
VOTE AND SENT BACK TO THE LOWER
COURTS WITH NEIL GORSUCH AND
BRETT KAVANAUGH IN THE MAJORITY.
IN THE OPINION, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT HAVE
IMMUNITY.
JOHN ROBERTS ASSERTS, NO
CITIZEN, NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENT
IS CATEGORY ABOVE THE COMMON
DUTY TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE WHEN
CALLED UPON IN A CRIMINAL
PROCEEDING.
WE REAFFIRM THAT PRINCIPLE
TODAY.
CYRUS VANCE IS INVESTIGATING
ALLEGED HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS MADE
TO WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN AFFAIRS WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DENIES THAT.
THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THAT
CONGRESS IS NOT YET ENTITLED TO
SEE MANY OF THE SAME RECORDS
SOUGHT IT IN NEW YORK.
IT’S RETURNED TO THE LOWER COURT
TO SEE IF THECONGRESS SHOULD NAR
THE PARAMETERS OF INFORMATION.
JOYCE VANCE, LET’S START WITH
YOU, WHAT DO THESE DECISIONS
MEAN FOR THE PRESIDENT?
HE WAS RAILING AGAINST THEM
FIRST, AND THEN THE WHITE HOUSE
WAS CALLING THEM WIN.
HE MOVED TO VICTORIES LAST NIGHT
BECAUSE THEY WERE KICKED BACK TO
THE LOWER COURTS.
WILL THE PUBLIC SEE THESE
DOCUMENTS?
>> THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION, WILLIE, IS THE PUBLIC
WON’T SEE ANY OF TRUMP’S TAX
RECORDS IN THE SHORT TERM AT
LEAST.
BUT YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD DAY FOR
THE RULE OF LAW.
ONE OF THE FIRST IN A LONG TIME
THE BATTLE IS MAYBE WON IN THE
SUPREME COURT, THE WAR OVER THIS
ISSUE IS NOT OVER.
BUT HERE’S WHY I SAY IT WAS A
GOOD DAY FOR THE RULE OF LAW.
TRUMP SOUGHT RULINGS FROM THE
SUPREME COURT THAT WOULD HAVE
FULLY INSULATED HIM FROM ANY
INVESTIGATION WHETHER IT WAS A
STATE DA WITH A CRIMINAL CASE OR
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND THE
SUPREME COURT SAID THAT’S NOT
THE CASE.
YOU CAN BE INVESTIGATED LIKE ANY
OTHER CITIZEN, YOU’RE SUBJECT TO
OVERSIGHT BY CONGRESS AS A
PRESIDENT.
I DON’T THINK ANY LEGAL EXPERT
EXPECTED THE SUPREME COURT WOULD
WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND MAKE
TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS PUBLIC.
YESTERDAY’S RULINGS WERE ABOUT
AS GOOD AS WE COULD HAVE HOPED
FOR.
THE 7-2 RULING IS SOMETHING WE
SHOULD FOCUS ON.
THIS IS A COURT THAT OFTEN HAS
BEEN DIVIDED 5-4 ON THE BIG
ISSUES.
THAT THE SUPREME COURT MUSTERED
TWO MAJORITIES TELLS US A LOT
ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE RULES,
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE
LAW.
AND WE DON’T KNOW HOW QUICKLY
LOWER COURTS ARE PREPARED TO
ACT.
WHETHER OR NOT THE DA IN
MANHATTAN, CY VANCE, IS SITTING
CLOSE TO A CASE THAT HE’S READY
TO INDICT.
IT’S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD
FINALLY BE ENTERING A NEW ERA
WHERE THE COURTS ACTUALLY SEEK
TO ENGAGE IN OVERSIGHT OVER THIS
PRESIDENT.
THE SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY GAVE
COURTS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT THE
PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES HE INSTALLED,
GORSUCH AND KAVANAUGH ARE THERE
TO DEFEND HIM AND HE’S LEARNING
AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT’S NOT THE
WAY THEY VIEW THEIR ROLES ON
THIS COURT.
JOYCE, WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN THE
MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE, CY VANCE SAYS WE’VE GOT
THIS, WE WAITED A LONG TIME, NOW
WE CAN START THE CASE, REOPEN
AND GO BACK TO WORK.
HOW LONG WILL IT BE IN THE
SYSTEM?
WHEN MIGHT WE SEE SOME
PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE AND THE
RESUMPTION OF THIS TRIAL?
>> SO HERE’S WHERE THE MANHATTAN
DA IS, HE’S IN THE MIDDLE OF
INVESTIGATING.
WE DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT
HE’S INVESTIGATING, WILLIE.
THERE’S BEEN TALK THIS IS ABOUT
STORMY DANIELS, TAX RETURNS CAN
BE A ROAD MAP FOR PROSECUTORS ON
A HOST OF FRAUD ISSUES.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT HE HAS
INFORMATION ABOUT.
THIS COULD BE THE LYNCH PIN FOR
CY VANCE OR SOMETHING THAT
REQUIRES FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
BUT THE REALITY IS WHAT HE NEEDS
TO GET FROM THE TRIAL COURT IS
MODEST.
THE BIGGEST BULK OF IT IS THAT
HE WILL HAVE TO SATISFY THEM
THAT THIS REQUEST IS NOT SOMEHOW
OVERBROAD, NOT MEANT TO HARASS
THE PRESIDENT.
AND WITH THAT STUNNING FEDERAL
INDICTMENT OF MICHAEL COHEN, IN
WHICH THE PRESIDENT IS
INDIVIDUAL NUMBER ONE, AN
UNINDICTED CO
SO CON SPEAR OR THE.
SINCE HE SEEKS TAX REPORTS FROM
THIRD PARTIES, VANCE COULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY HERE.