but it may not be much longer because cyrus vance has won the huge victory at the u.s. supreme court. the high court deciding that the president's accounting firm has to turn over the tax records. eight years of tax returns that trump has tried to keep secret for all these years and financeable documents. not just tax records. but it's tied to the trump organization. that is going to be swept up by cy vance. he hired a new prosecutors with a potentiality in the white clol prime and activity. i will tell you talking to put'sed a vidsers, people who speak with him on a regular basis, this slt kind of thing that concerns the former president the mold, that he could get ensnared in a criminal investigation, and all of it as he is trying to make a comeback on the public stage. he is expected to speak at a conference this weekend. this is not the headline that trump wants if he is trying to make a comeback to the public stage, to have people speculating he's not going to be looking at running for election in 2024 but evading prosecution in 2024. that is how things are stackin

>> i would expect cyrus vance, the d.a. in new york, to make them available and make a referral to the department of justice if he finds violations, federal tax violations right now. reportedly he's looking into possible financial fraud and misstatements of the values of trump properties and more, potential other kinds of financial wrongs. but if there are federal violations absolutely the grand jury material can be referred by court order that cyrus vance could seek. and one point that is absolutely clear from today's testimony, donald trump should be afraid, very afraid, of a determined, fierce, thoughtful, and resourceful prosecutor like merrick garland. and he will follow the facts. he will follow the money. he will follow the law. >> senator, thank you very much for starting us off tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> and coming up, with 500,000 deaths from coronavirus in this country as of tonight, house democrats are speeding the biden covid relief bill to a vote by the end of this week. con

for more than a year new york district attorney cyrus vance requested access to tax and financial documents pertaining to trump and his businesses on suspicion of insurance and bank fraud and tax evasion it's unclear if trump's tax returns will show evidence of crimes but should suspicions harden trump could face severe consequences. trump is said to have artificially inflated the value of his real estate portfolio when applying for credit and undervalued it significantly when paying property tax trump son eric is the executive vice president of the trump organization he has already given witness testimony. no there is above the law including the present united states several women have accused trump of sexual misconduct including rape he has consistently called the claims fabrications. in the face of such denial some of trump's accusers have launched libel actions among them summers their votes and x. contestant on trump's t.v. show the apprentice and jean carroll a former columnist for elle magazine. 5 years one of. a lover's hausen 780. and then there's the phone call on january 2nd afte

cyrus vance working with millions, millions of pages of tax documents. and that is that it will take time. the d.a. has hired a forensic accounting firm and a specialist in organized crime and complex financial litigation, and that's what this is. he has the tax returns but that's not really the important part. the important part are all the financial documents that he got, the records behind the tax returns, the emails that were exchanged with the accounting firm. so it will take them a very long time to go through it. and there is no point in getting it if you don't review all of it, because you want to make sure, number one, that you have the very best case that you could possibly present to a jury. but you also want to make sure if there's anything exculpatory, that you point that out to the defense team. there will be a lot of time. >> then does the statute of limitations come in play, if we're talking about timing? >> the statute of limitations can come into play. obviously they have to limit it. but they have many years' worth. and the tax from th

they will not be given to congress unless that new york prosecutor cyrus vance files charges. in that case, those records would be part of the court record, part of the public record and we would all be able to see them. but for now, they will be kept only for the eyes for that grand jury and for those investigators but i can tell you, john, that the horse is really out of the barn. i mean, the former president has exhausted all efforts here to keep those records private. his accounting firm issuing a statement, as well, saying they are committed to fulfilling all of their professional and legal obligations. so again, all efforts exhausted here for the former president, john. >> all right. interesting. randi kaye, thank you very much. joining us now, "the new york times" suzanne craig who shared the 2019 politzer prize and cnn legal analyst and white house norm. i want to start with you he's a private citizen in the u.s. what do you think would be most significant that prosecutors will now have access to? >> it's interesting because the news today and the headline is that the

manhattan district attorney cyrus vance's investigation has extended from hush money payment to stormy investigators are focusing on the roles of donald trump jr., eric trump, and ivanka trump, along with allen weisselberg, the trump organization's chief financial officer. our next guest, tim o'brien, is one of the very few people who have ever seen a trump tax return. and he writes, "a dam that trump has spent decades fortifying around his finances and tax returns has been broken and vance's investigation appears to be broad enough to pose a serious criminal threat to the former president, his three eldest children, and the trump organization." tim o'brien, who has seen the tax returns, joins us next. gam♪ ♪ hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid ♪ ♪ and all that glitters is gold ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. with any handcrafted burger. i made a business out of my passion. i mean, who doesn't love obsessing over network security? all our techs are pros. they know exactly which parking lots have the strongest signal. i j

manhattan district attorney cyrus vance's investigation spans from hush payments to possible bank fraud ivanka trump, along with allen weissleberg, the trump organization's chief financial officer. our next guest, tim o'brien, is one of the very few people who have ever seen a >> trump has spent decades fortifying arnold his finances and texas returns has been broken and vance's investigation appears to be broad enough to pose a serious threat to the president, his three eldest children. tim o'brien who has seen the texas returns joining us next. texas returns joining us next. alright, i brought in ensure max protein... ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't (grunting noise) i'll take that. yeeeeeah! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar drink, play, and win big in the powered by protein challenge! to support local restaurants, we've been to every city, including baton rouge... and even topeka. yeah, we're exhausted. whew! so, tonight... i'll be eating the roast beef hero from...parm...in...soho. (doorbell) excellent. and, tonight... i'll be eating the co

president and his accountants will have to turn over those records to the manhattan district attorney, cyrus vance seeking tax returns covering eight years for a grand jury investigation into hush money payments and other financial info this all came out after former president trump's former fixer michael cohen disclosed a $130,000 payment to stormy daniels to cover up the affair with her the former president denied that allegation, and he has fiercely fought to keep his tax records private from prosecutors and the public >> i'll release them when the audit's completed. >> at the appropriate time i'll release them, but right now i'm under routine audit. nobody cares. >> while i'm under audit, i will not give my taxes. >> actually i paid tax, and you'll see that as soon as my tax returns -- it's under order. they've been under order for a long time. >> mr. trump blasted the supreme court decision in a statement saying in part that this investigation is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country meantime president biden today meeting with canadian prime minister justin t

a spokesperson for cyrus vance jr., the manhattan d.a., says trump's accountant turned the tax forms over to them on the very same day the supreme court ruled. the case started as a probe into trump's payment into money to two women who claimed they had affairs with him but expanded into a look whether trump and his organization falsified the value of trump's properties. the allegation is trump would overvalue the properties when trying to get loans, undervalue them when paying taxes on them. this was backed up by a "new york times" investigation but really got its start when trump's own attorney testified to that at a congressional hearing back in the spring of 2019. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez asking very pick is questions. she identified specific properties cohen saying specifically trump deflated assets in order to avoid paying taxes. the manhattan d.a.'s investigation is just one investigation. the new york state a.g. also conducting her own in the state of georgia, investigating election interference. and several women have civil lawsuits against him alleging sexual

for more than a year new york district attorney cyrus vance requested access to tax and financial documents pertaining to trump and his businesses on suspicion of insurance and bank fraud and tax evasion it's unclear if trump's tax returns will show evidence of crimes but should suspicions harden trump could face severe consequences. trump is said to have artificially inflated the value of his real estate portfolio when applying for credit and undervalued it significantly when paying property tax trump son eric is the executive vice president of the trump organization he has already given witness testimony. no there is above the law including the press the united states several women have accused trump of sexual misconduct including rape he has consistently called the claims fabrications. in the face of such denial some of trump's accusers have launched libel actions among them summers their votes and x. contestant on trump's t.v. show the apprentice and jean carroll a former columnist for elle magazine. 5 years one of. a lover the housen 7 i didn't see any. and then there's the phone call

for more than a year new york district attorney cyrus vance requested access to tax and financial documents pertaining to trump and his businesses on suspicion of insurance and bank fraud and tax evasion it's unclear if trump's tax returns will show evidence of crimes but should suspicions harden trump could face severe consequences. trump is said to have artificially inflated the value of his real estate portfolio when applying for credit and undervalued it significantly when paying property tax trump son eric is the executive vice president of the trump organization he has already given witness testimony. no there is above the law including the press the united states several women have accused trump of sexual misconduct including rape he has consistently called the claims fabrications. in the face of such denial some of trump's accusers have launched libel actions among them some reserve else an ex contestant on trump's t.v. show the apprentice and jean carroll a former columnist for elle magazine. 5 years one of. a lover's austan 780. and then there's the phone call on january 2nd after

for more than a year new york district attorney cyrus vance requested access to tax and financial documents pertaining to trump and his businesses on suspicion of insurance and bank fraud and tax evasion it's unclear if trump's tax returns will show evidence of crimes but should suspicions harden trump could face severe consequences. trump is said to have artificially inflated the value of his real estate portfolio when applying for credit and undervalued it significantly when paying property tax trump son eric is the executive vice president of the trump organization he has already given witness testimony. no there is about the law including the president united states several women have accused trump of sexual misconduct including rape he has consistently called the claims fabrications. in the face of such denials some of trump's accusers have launch libel actions among them some are service and x. contestant on trump's t.v. show the apprentice and jean carroll a former columnist for elle magazine. 5 years one of. a lover the housen 7 i didn't see any. and then there was the phone call on

this could be an extraordinary treasure trove for the manhattan district attorney cyrus vance and histhat he's assembled to look at these. so i think this is going to be a day that donald trump is going to rue for a long time. this is just the beginning of what will be a very long process. again, i have to take some pleasure in the fact that donald trump's supreme court, the three justices that he put on the court and pushed for so hard, were part of the team that was responsible for making this day happen. >> didn't save him. didn't save him at all. >> didn't save him. >> anthony, trump spent years fighting to keep this information private. what do you think he's most afraid of getting out? >> well, it's sort of already gotten out. mary trump wrote about it and the "new york times" has written about it. he over -- >> mary trump said he has been committing tax fraud for decades, but that's what she said. >> she wrote about it in her book. but if you go through the analysis, some of these think tanks have gone through the analysis, he's overstated the amount of loans, and he overstated

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it's a major win for manhattan district attorney cyrus vance.questing more than eight years of trump's personal and corporate records. the probe looks at whether terms corporation inflated property values to get the best loans as well as hush money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign. it's just the latest of several legal battles trump faces since leaving the white house. the fox news contributor andy mccarthy said this is the most serious. >> looking at potential as they put it in their reporting bank fraud, insurance fraud and tax fraud in connection with his business practice is, and they have obviously interviewed a lot of witnesses including the top lenders. >> federal prosecutors in washington, d.c., say he could face charges for his role in the capitol hill riots on january 6th. [screaming] >> expected to speak at cpac in orlando on sunday in his first appearance since leaving the office. a moment i could set the tone for his future role within the g.o.p. arkansas governor asa hutchinson saying that trump will just deepen the c

and in addition to the cyrus vance prosecution, there's the tax case in new york that is the civil fraud now, then there's the fulton county in georgia, this to me is, i just find, that phone call, which i think we have lost a little memory because the phone call comes up, basically, a day before the georgia election and two days before, and three days before the insurrection. >> right. >> i cover chicago politics, notoriously corrupt and the i do dynamic was you had corrupt politicians. if a chicago alderman had been on the phone with the person who administers elections in cook county verbatim saying what trump said, they would have been indicted with a big showy conference, it seems obvious criminal what happens on the phone call. >> right, it does, and it's interesting that now it looks like they are looking at lindsey graham too. he was making phone calls and he was nosing around suggesting that they should throw-out votes. i'm interested in the case. but the statute does not have much in the form of penalty and so, if i had to pick a prosecution that would end up being the serious

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manhattan district attorney cyrus vance investigating whether the trump organization violated state lawsh could include tax fraud, insurance fraud or other illegal schemes. now a break in the case with vance's office being granted access to eight years of trump's tax returns and financial records. concluding a legal battle that lasts for 16 months. and two trips to the supreme court. originally focusing on allegations of hush money payments made to two women who said they had sexual encounters with trump before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affairs and knowledge of the payments. the trump organization has said it has paid all applicable taxes and is in compliance with the law. and trump himself has called it a, quote, fishing expedition. >> this is a continuation of the witch hunt. the greatest witch hunt in history. there's never been anything like it where people want to examine every deal you've ever done to see if they can fund there's a comma out of place. >> reporter: vance has been pursuing other lines as well. prosecutors subpoenaed one of trump's creditors, deutsche ba

tax returns are now in the hands of prosecutors under the direction of new york district attorney cyrus vance jr. his office obtained millions of pages of financial documents that contain tax returns spanning 2011 to 2019, this after the u.s. supreme cour denied trump's effort to keep them private. for two years vance has been investigating whether trump and the trump organization engaged in frauds and other schemes including potentially providing false information to financial institutions or banks about the value of certain assets. the records could be critical to the investigation because they are likely to contain documents that reflect the decision making behind the valuation and tax writeoffs which could be important to determine whether there was intent to commit a crime. investigators will review the documents before calling key witnesses before the grand jury. vance however is not expected to run for re-election. and with just ten months left in his term, the big enkunknown is will he charge a crime or close the investigation before he leaves office. will he leave the decisions to hi

that probe is being led by district attorney cyrus vance, whose reaction to the news story today wasying only that the news continues. this comes after vance hired a veteran prosecutor who specializes in white-collar and organized crime cases. last week, he interviewed trump's former fixer, michael cohen, which was cohen's fifth interview with vance's office to date and i'm joined now by michael cohen. he is the author of the book "disloyal" and the host of the mea culpa podcast. always appreciate you being here. >> thank you for having me on. >> you're familiar with the -- of course. you're familiar with the way it works. i've been in a grand jury and i can always tell when that prosecutor wanted, you know, you could tell what the prosecutor wants, right? you've seen in these cases where there's been a police officer accused of killing someone in kentucky and other places, it was pretty clear that the prosecutor didn't really want to prosecute and then that happened. could you tell in sitting with cy vance's office, now that you've done it five times, do you get the sense that they

that there's an appeal that is sitting in the supreme court about donald trump's attempt to block cyrus vance probe in to him. it seems that the system is gummed up when it comes to trump. we know in the past, there's been indictments of vice presidents, and former attorneys general, never of a president. do you think the idea of indicting a president, do you think that is gumming up the works? >> well, this country has not had a history of that, although, other so-called western democracies have had the experience of bringing their leaders to account. and you know, this, to your first guest tonight, congress woman dean said something i think particularly relevant to this discussion, she closed by saying, if we the do not deal with our past, it's going to be our future. and that applies to donald trump and to any future president. if we are a nation of laws, it means that our president and now former president should be held to account. and that's true whether it's going to be a democrat or a republican. who commits a crime, the rule of law is supposed to apply in this country. and it is fort

now a conservative majority on the court with three justices saying cyrus vance, the manhattan d.a. and his grand jury are entitled to this. what happens now? the public may never see this unless there is a case brought forward and pieces of the tax returns are used as evidence. >> that's correct, and as you noted, there actually has been no noted dissents there, so you've got three justices that trump put on the court himself, essentially, and they did not allow him to have this sort of immunity from having to hand out or hand over his tax documents. that's number one. but also you're right. a grand jury has secrecy requirements and rules for a reason. we don't want people to have all of their dirty laundry aired unless there is some actual criminal connection there. remember, michael cohen, the former fixer of president trump, was the one to alert the court through a hearing not unlike what we're seeing now about the idea of overinflation of assets, deflation of assets as well which led to the conclusions about whether the tax returns could be used in some criminal prosecution or

news regarding the former president this week was that the district attorney in manhattan the, cyrus vanceobtained something like eight years of donald trump's tax returns. he's been after those for a long time, finally at the end of the court fight has them. is there any doubt if -- in your mind that if vance finds any legal problems there, that he will, in fact, go after the former president with criminal charges? >> i think he will. i think, you know, i think the pressure among democrats to do this is very strong, and, you know, mr. vance is an elected official in new york city. i think it's important that those charges, if they do come, be buttoned up and that they don't, you know, that all the is are dotted and the ts are crossed because the president is going to say that it's a witch hunt. and it may be that if we roll out, if a prosecutor rolls out charges that look like, you know, the product of a fishing expedition, that will be politically pretty corrosive, i think. paul: thank you, jason. when we come back, the u.s. launches an air streek in syria against iranian-backed militias

cyrus vance's full statement was simply, "the work continues." the supreme court also dealt trump allies a blow today when it declined to hear a dispute in pennsylvania over whether absentee ballots received up to three days after election day should have been counted in the 2020 presidential election. tomorrow the investigation into the riot at our capitol moves into a new stage with the first congressional hearing on the topic. four high ranking law enforcement officers, three of whom have by now resigned, will testify before two separate senate committees. they include the former house sergeant at arms paul irving, former senate sternlth at arms michael stenger, who both stepped down after the insurrection and have never spoken of it publicly. some of the rank-and-file officers who came under attack that day are just now speaking out. here's what one officer had to say about that day. >> i got called a [ bleep ] a couple dozen times today. protecting this building. is this america? they beat police officers with blue lives matter flags. >> wit

and in addition to the cyrus vance prosecution, there's the tax case in new york that is the civil fraude. so there's a bucket with two scoops in it. >> right. now, then there's the fulton county in georgia, right? this to me is also -- i just find -- you know that phone call, which i think we've lost a little memory because the phone call comes up basically a day before the georgia election and two days before, three days before the insurrection. >> right. >> i cover chicago politics, notoriously corrupt. the dynamic chicago politics was, you have a bunch of corrupt politicians. attorneys make their bones locking up corrupt chicago politicians. if a chicago alderman had been on the phone with the person who administers elections in cook county verbatim saying what trump said, they would have been indicted with a big showy press conference within 24 hours in the northern district. it just seems so obviously criminal, what happens on that phone call. >> right, it does. and it's interesting that now it looks like they're going to look at lindsey graham too. because he made some phone calls

for more than a year new york district attorney cyrus vance requested access to tax and financial documents pertaining to trump and his businesses on suspicion of insurance and bank fraud and tax evasion it's unclear if trump's tax returns will show evidence of crimes but should suspicions harden trump could face severe consequences. trump is said to have artificially inflated the value of his real estate portfolio when applying for credit and undervalued it significantly when paying property tax trump son eric is the executive vice president of the trump organization he has already given witness testimony. no there is about the law including the president united states several women have accused trump of sexual misconduct including rape. has consistently called the claims fabrications. in the face of such denial some of trump's accusers have launched libel actions among them some are service and x. contestant on trump's t.v. show the apprentice and jean carroll a former columnist for elle magazine the. idea is one of. 11780. and then there's the phone call on january 2nd after votes were c

cyrus vance began his investigation after former trump attorney michael cohen disclosed he paid stormyterm to quash the subpoena on the grounds that the president has absolute immunity but allowed trump to challenge it on other grounds, which eventually brought the matter back to the high court. vance responded to the order by simply saying, quote, the work continues. the former president issued a lengthy, rambling statement about witch hunts, fishing positions and persecution inspired by democrats. nbc news reports the ruling doesn't mean the returns will become public any time soon and they may never be publicly released. under new york state law, materials turned over to a grand jury must be kept secret. joining us now, former justice department spokesman, now an msnbc justice and security analyst, matthew miller. thank you so much for getting up so early with us this morning on this really important story, matt. we really appreciate it. let's talk about this tax question, because it is true that it's entirely possible we'll never see it, but if there's something in there that actua

in new york the district attorney cyrus vance is investigating mr. trump's business practices. that work has accelerated recently, a grand jury is seeking records from his accountants. he claims that subpoena is overbroad. his appeal of that has actually been sitting on the supreme court's doorstep since last october. we think we're going to hear about that any day. in georgia the fulton county district attorney has opened an investigation into mr. trump's phone calls to election officials. on the civil side you have the new york attorney general. she's got a separate investigation whether the trump company misstated property values. he faces two lawsuits for defamation, one brought by jean carol, claiming he libelled her by denying her claim her raped her in a new york city department store. that was denied. and a former contestant on the apprentice, he denied her claim he sexually assaulted her. and his niece mary, her claim from fraud. and four anonymous people are suing him and other members of his family claiming they were duped into joining a marketing scheme promoted on

this as "the new york times" reports that the da cyrus vance has recruited mark pomeranz to investigates a former federal prosecutor and an expert in white collar crime. let's bring in andrew weissmann the former senior member of special counsel mueller's probe and he is now an msnbc legal analyst. i am so glad you are here. they just got the same guy that prosecuted john gadi jr. to investigate trump. what does that mean when a mob prosecutor takes on a case like this? >> good morning, stephanie. so i really had my ears perk up at this news. there are two things that cy vance did that i think are innovative, unusual and really signal to me that there's a there-there to paraphrase gertrude stein, and that is mark pomeranz being added to the team along with the news several weeks ago that the manhattan district attorney's office also added fti, which is an outside accounting firm. to me what that signals with mark pomeranz given his expertise in white collar criminal defense is this is an active white collar investigation where it's serious. it's hard to imagine that you would bring in b

but his tax records are now in the hands of manhattan district atrney, cyrus vance.tering a new phase. >> yeah. the wide-ranging investigation will look into whether trump or his businesses lied about the value of their assets, to gain favorable loans and pay lower taxes. the da is also likely to scrutinize hush money paid to women, on former-president's behalf. we are happy to have joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor, bright and early, with us on this saturday morning to unpack it all. joyce, several-million document documents were turned over by trump's long-time accounting firm. and what are you looking to find out? >> well, this is a treasure trove of potential evidence for the manhattan district attorney. the tax documents, themselves. the filings are -- are clean documents. but now, vance has in his hands the records that underlie the tax filings. communications, calculations. it's really a way of assessing, whether or not criminal conduct occurred. and if so, who's responsible? so, vance isn't coming to this fresh. he's obviously been inves

road for the president's years' long battle to keep his tax returns away from congress or have cyrus vance new york prosecutor who has a grand jury looking at president trump's personal and corporate finances. you may remember the president initially fought this in round one by saying as sitting president he was immune from any part of the criminal justice system including grand jury subpoenas. the supreme court rejected that argument and, by the way, the trump justices also reject that had argument. they said, you know, you can go back to court and say like any ordinary citizen that the subpoena is overbroad, which is what his lawyers did, but they lost in two of the lower courts before a federal judge and a federal appeals court so the trump lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the supreme court last october. that's how long this has been sitting on the supreme court's doorstep. my guess is that the court wanted to stay out of any suggestion that it was getting involved in politics, so held back doing anything during the campaign and then during the fights over the election and then du

nbc news confirms that manhattan da cyrus vance received the documents earlier this week.efused to black the grand jury from getting the paperwork. not clear if these returns will ever be made public. >>> governor andrew cuomo pushes back harassment allegations from a former aide. what this latest crisis means for cuomo and his party. keep it here. t-mobile is upgrading its network at a record pace. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. to bring speeds as fast as wifi to cities and towns across america. and we're adding more every week. coverage and speed. who says you can't have it all? - [narrator] at southern new hampshire university, we're committed to making college more accessible by making it more affordable, that's why we're keeping our tuition the same through the year 2021. - i knew snhu was the place for me when i saw how affordable it was. i ran to my husband with my computer anan do this." - [narrator] take advantage of som

cyrus vance fan his srapbgz after former trump attorney, michael cohen, disclosed that he paid stormy daniels $130,000 to stay quiet about her claim that she had an affair with trump. the supreme court determined to quash the subpoena on the grounds that the president has absolute immunity but allowed him to challenge it on other grounds, which brought it back to the high court. vance responded saying, the work continues. the were toer president released a long rambling states about witch hunts, political persecution inspired by democrats. it does not mean the returns will become public and they might never be released. materials turned over to a grand jury must be kept secret. let's bring in spokesman, now msnbc security analyst matt miller and andrew weissman, chief of the criminal fraud section, general counsel for the fbi under director mueller and a lead prosecutors in mueller's special counsel office. gentlemen, good morning to you both. andrew, let me begin with you, how significant is this, what does it mean to cy vance's case and is it a success for donald trump who kicked th

now the manhattan d.a., cyrus vance, will have access to eight years of donald trump's tax returns and personal records. and it's not just trump's personal returns. vance will also have access to the returns of his company, the various trump companies. it was a one-sentence unsigned order from the supreme court rejecting this and it had no dissents. so if donald trump was counting on the three justices that he nominated to the court to bail him out of this, he was sorely disappointed. trump responded with a lengthy written statement, george. it said in part that the investigation in new york is, quote, a continuation. the greatest witch-hunt in the history of our country and he said the supreme court should never have let this fishing expedition continue, but they did. >> meantime, jon, what do we know about what prosecutors will do next and the possible exposure for president trump? >> reporter: well, look, they're investigating potential financial fraud here, prosecutors will get access, we believe, to those returns within days. but, george, one important point here is grand jury pro

vance's office files chargers -- and enters the evidence into a trial. cyrusn had an district attorney, will get access to eight years of financial records of the president. your reaction to that. the new york times notes that they did an investigation into the president's financial records and they -- their examination showed the former president showed millions of dollars in losses, went years without paying taxes, and faced an irs audit a decade ago. the records reveal that mr. trump had paid just $750 in federal income taxes his first year as president and no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. he had written off $26 million in consulting fees as a business expense between 2010 and 2018, some of which appears to have been paid to ivanka trump while she was a salaried employee of the trump organization. the new york times says that the investigation they did a few years back gives some insight into what the manhattan district's office may find when they look at eight years of financial records. they go on to report that the actual bottom lin

the investigation is the latest in manhattan district attorney cyrus vance's probe into the trump organization'sere also could still be investigations in washington, d.c. into the capitol riot. and president trump could face criminal or civil charges there. in georgia, prosecutors are investigating trump's efforts to pressure state election officials to overturn that state's vote. joining us now, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. it's good to see you. we heard this directly from mitch mcconnell. after he voted to acquit, he said, yes, i voted to acquit but i will leave it to the courts to this impeachment trial. if you are donald trump, where would you be looking first for your greatest exposure and threat? >> mitch mcconnell was quick to kick the can down the road to the justice department not realizing there were two purposes served in the impeachment and criminal justice system. but the former president faces a three-ring circus here. each of the districts poses eta real threat to him in some cases in new york, there appear to be c

. >> you know, donnie, with everything that's going on in cyrus vance's office, with everything goingawsuits going on with donald trump all across america, all the business problems donald trump is having one fight after another with one organization after another, someone saying they are going to vote for donald trump in 2024 has about as much impact as me saying i'm going to fly to mars on a rocket ship that you build in your backyard. nobody thinks he's going to be running for president in 2024 anymore than inside the united states capitol. they all know he is going to be buried in lawsuits, possible criminal charges for sometime to come. things will look radically different even from a year from now than they do right now. >> yeah. look, donald trump is going to go to jail. i really believe that. if you understand just spending time with michael cohen, absolute bank fraud,s absolute bank fraud. you have every one of these republicans who somehow believe this is the holy grail. if they move away, they won't get elected one year, two year, three years from now. and they're not wrong

cyrus vance, new york district attorney has him in his sights.irst started work ring for trump's father. >> right, right. >> he's not going to take a fall for donald trump. >> he has many problems. >> let's consider for a minute. i understand there's all this litigation. let's assume for a moment that we live in a nation that has a criminal justice system where wealthy white men do better in the system than others, you know, just for the sake of argument, let's pretend the white man exists in the same universe in which he had been the president of the united states with the protection of a justice department decree that says we're not prosecuting sitting presidents and no real track record for crimes committed during his presidency. do you actually believe the criminal justice system is going to treat donald trump the way that he deserves, considering he has been teflon for his entire public life? do you really believe that that's going to happen. the short answer is yes. his lawyering has been abysmal all the way through but your arguments that

cyrus vance has him in his sites for financial crimes. and then the civil stuff. the new york a.g.ing after him very strongly for -- and his pocketbook. and remember, the cfo of the trump organization, the 74-year-old allen weisselberg who first started working for trump's father -- >> right, right. >> -- he's not going to take a fall for donald trump. so he has -- >> well, let's -- >> -- many problems. >> let's just consider just for a minute. i understand that there's all of this litigation. but let's just assume for a moment that we live in a nation that has a criminal justice system where wealthy white and well-connected political men just happen to do better in the criminal justice system than other people. you know, just for the sake of argument. and let's pretend that this wealthy white well politically connected man exists in the same universe in which he had been the president of the united states with the protection of a justice department decree that says we're not prosecuting sitting presidents and no real legal track record of any kind of criminal prosecution of a form