Trump's taxes are still a mystery: 6 determining moments of what has happened

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(CNN Spanish) - The battle to hear the tax declarations of President Donald Trump has been long and began even before he arrived at the White House. In fact, in the campaign he took the title of being the first candidate of one of the main parties to refuse to deliver his tax records from Watergate. And, once he won the 2016 elections, he was also crowned as the only president since that scandal that has not revealed any of his previous taxes. Trump broke with a tradition that for 40 years remained among all the candidates and presidents of the country.

READ: Trump loses appeal that sought to prevent the House from obtaining its citation tax return

But, recently, the president's clear determination to keep tax returns locked has suffered some setbacks. The last one was this Monday, when a federal court of appeals determined that Trump cannot shield himself in presidential immunity to prevent a grand jury from demanding to know eight-year taxes.

How did you get to this point? These are the six defining moments of the novel for getting Trump to give his arm a twist and reveal his taxes.

1. July-August 2016: Trump, the candidate, does not disclose his taxes

In July 2016, Trump becomes the Republican Party candidate for the November elections. And since that period he has refused to disclose the details of his taxes. A month later the then Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton files her tax return and challenges Trump to do the same. What happens after Clinton criticized his rival for justly refusing to disclose these financial documents.

2. May 11, 2017: will disclose them, but then

Trump says he will publish his tax returns ... but when he leaves the White House. In an interview with The Economist magazine, he said that "at some point" he would divulge them, "maybe after finishing (the presidency) because I am really proud of them. I did a good job, ”he completed.

3. May 20-22, 2019: court decisions

Two setbacks, in just one week, suffer Trump's attempts to prevent his taxes from being known. A judge from the District of Columbia determined that the House of Representatives Supervisory Commission could obtain Trump's records at the Mazars accounting firm, a decision that was appealed. Just two days later, a New York judge refused to block subpoenas from the House's Intelligence and Financial Services commissions to obtain Trump's bank records at Deutsche Bank and Capital One. However, after a few days the lawyers of the president and the committees reached an agreement to delay for the moment the fulfillment of the summons corresponding to these last banks, according to a judicial document.

4. July 8, 2019: standard in New York

The governor of the state of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signs the amendment to a norm, approved by the state legislature, which would allow Congress to obtain Trump's tax returns. The Democrats who promoted the measure presented it as a way for the president to hand over his bills, despite his continued refusal to do so. At that time, the president had his residence in New York, as well as the headquarters of much of his business.

5. October 11, 2019: Trump loses appeal

Trump loses an appeal in the District of Columbia Circuit to prevent Democrats from the House of Representatives from citing their taxes from their former accountant Mazars USA. In a 2-1 ruling, the judges confirmed the decision of a lower court that said the company must deliver eight years of accounting records. This was the first important case the level of an appeals court that has had the pulse between the Lower House and Trump. The president has so far lost the resources imposed against the determinations of the courts of first instance to stop the citation of the House.

6. November 4, 2019: crucial ruling

The judges of a federal court of appeals ruled against an appeal filed by Trump to prevent eight years of his income statements from being known by a grand jury in Manhattan. The decision ensures that Trump cannot be shielded in presidential immunity to avoid that action, because although the policy of the Department of Justice indicates that you cannot accuse an acting president that does not prevent the firm involved in the case, Mazars USA, deliver the fiscal reports of the agent.

According to the CNN political analyst, Chris Cillizza, this is the moment when the taxes of the president today have been closer. However, Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement that he will appeal the ruling, which means that the case is likely to escalate to the Supreme Court.

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