In a major setback for California Democrats, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump campaign on Thursday regarding an attempt to keep the duly elected President of the United States off the state’s 2020 primary ballot if he doesn’t hand over five years of tax returns by November 26.
In July, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in part designed to force Trump to disclose his tax returns, which Democrats have been clamoring to get a hold of for years. The law, Senate Bill 27, requires all primary candidates to submit their most recent five years of tax returns by the November deadline to appear on the ballot; the law does not apply to the general election. The “Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act” reads in part:
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