President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Friday, July 10, en route to Miami. The day before, the Supreme Court ruled that the president could not prevent Congress and the Manhattan district attorney from obtaining financial documents in the course of investigations.
This week the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s claims of absolute immunity. In two major rulings, the court stated that both Congress and criminal prosecutors can seek a president’s tax returns and other financial information as part of their investigations.
But for those who hoped the justices might force the president to disclose his tax returns before the November election, the decisions didn’t go far enough.
David Corn is the Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones. He has been among those calling for the release of Trump’s taxes for the last four years. He joins Diane to talk about the Supreme Court’s decisions and what comes next in the cases.
Nothing about the 2020 presidential campaign is typical and the debates are no different. Diane talks with Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, about how they are planning in the middle of a pandemic.
In a lawsuit filed this week, New York Attorney General Letitia James said a months long investigation into the National Rifle Association found extensive "fraud and abuse" and she's calling for the powerful gun rights organization to be dissolved. Diane talks with Adam Winkler, professor of law at UCLA, about the lawsuit and what comes next.
Diane talks to Robert P. Jones, author of the new book, "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity."
Diane talks with Caroline Chen, health care for ProPublica.
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