Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns to New York prosecutor

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Supreme Court ruled that former Pres. Trump’s tax returns can be released to a New York prosecutor. The decision deals a massive lost to Trump, who has fought tirelessly to shield his financial papers from investigators. The former President reacted to the decision by saying “the Supreme Court never should have let this 'fishing expedition' happen, but they did.” Susanne Craig is an investigative reporter for the New York Times and has been focused on Trump’s finances and taxes since 2016. She joins AC360 to discuss what this could mean for the former President and says she thinks prosecutors will be able to piece together what they’re looking for. Plus, the U.S. has surpassed 500,000 coronavirus deaths. President Biden honored the lives lost during a moment of silence and candlelight vigil. He told Americans “we will get through this, I promise you.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells AC360 many of these deaths could have been preventable and we should learn the lessons now so it doesn’t happen again. Airdate: February 22, 2021 Guests: Susanne Craig Dr. Sanjay Gupta To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So this is not the kind of Monday to ease you into the week.
0:05.0	It's the other kind.
0:06.5	John Berman here in for Anderson.
0:08.6	Flags are flying at Hashtag tonight at the White House in Capitol.
0:11.7	They were lowered late today when deaths from COVID crossed the 500,000 mark.
0:16.8	The president, Vice President and their spouses held a candlelight ceremony at a moment of silence
0:21.8	at the White House tonight to honor the fallen.
0:27.1	We often hear people described as ordinary Americans.
0:30.3	There's no such thing.
0:31.9	There's nothing ordinary about them.
0:34.9	The people we lost were extraordinary.
0:38.5	They spanned generations, born in America, immigrated to America.
0:45.0	But just like that, so many of them took their final breath alone in America.
0:51.2	I know all too well.
0:54.0	I know what it's like to not be there when it happens.
1:00.4	I know what it's like when you are there holding their hands.
1:04.7	It's looking around, they slip away.
1:09.8	The president tonight and to put it in perspective, he took office with fatalities having just
1:14.4	crossed 400,000.
1:16.4	Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost since then.
1:19.2	A quarter million in the last three months, 500,000 plus in about a year.
1:24.7	And though there are any number of ways of expressing these awful figures, whether it's
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