Donald Trump lashed out against the Supreme Court after it denied the former president’s request to block access to his tax returns, unleashing a tirade of posts on his Truth Social account and accusing the high court of being politically motivated.
Trump took to his Truth Social account on Tuesday night, reposting a number of memes referencing conspiracy theories connected to the right-wing QAnon political movement. He also hit out against the Supreme Court for its decision, claiming it has “lost its honor, prestige, and standing, & has become nothing more than a political body, with our Country paying the price.”
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“Why would anybody be surprised that the Supreme Court has ruled against me, they always do!” Trump said in a post. “It is unprecedented to be handing over Tax Returns, & it creates terrible precedent for future Presidents. Has Joe Biden paid taxes on all of the money he made illegally from Hunter & beyond.”
Trump’s posts come after the court declined to grant the former president’s emergency request to block his tax records from being sent to the House Ways and Means Committee, which initially sought such documents from the IRS in 2019 to investigate whether tax law surrounding presidents should be amended. The decision likely means the returns will be released to the Treasury Department immediately.
The decision will allow House Democrats to review over six years of tax returns from Trump and some of his companies to examine whether the IRS audit of the former president was conducted “fully and appropriately.” However, Trump sought to block this review, arguing Democrats only wished to embarrass him politically.
In response, Trump took to Truth Social to air his grievances, reposting a number of posts from accounts that amplify right-wing conspiracy theories.
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“He has sacrificed so much to save humanity from a cabal,” one post read, referring to a facet of the QAnon movement that claims a cabal of cannibalistic sex traffickers conspired against the former president while he was in office.
It’s not clear the timeline in which lawmakers will have access to his tax records or how quickly they’ll sift through them, although it’s likely the committee will push to move quickly to fulfill its goal before Republicans take control of the House in January. Republicans won control of the House for the next two years, meaning GOP leadership will likely stall any efforts to investigate the former president’s records.
