FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FORCED TO HAND OVER 8 YEARS OF TAX RETURNS!

The Supreme Court has declined a request from the former president, Donald Trump, to withhold his tax records from the Manhattan district attorney after New York state prosecutors sought his personal and corporate tax returns.

The move serves a post-presidency defeat to Mr Trump, who has for years battled to keep his tax records private, and paves the way for a New York grand jury to review his long-sought financial records.

On Monday, the nation’s highest court refused to block a lower court ruling, which had previously declined the former president’s request.

In a statement shortly after news broke of the Supreme Court decision, Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance said: “The work continues.”