Donald Trump said the desire of conservative judges on the Supreme Court to appear impartial means it's "almost impossible" for Republicans to get a fair decision.
In a post on Truth Social, the former president said that right-wing judges on the majority-conservative SCOTUS bench "go out their way" to ensure they don't seem biased when handing out rulings, a trait he says isn't shared by judges appointed by Democrats.
The remarks were made days after the Supreme Court cleared the release of the former president's tax returns to be handed over to the Democrat-controlled House Ways and Means Committee, which has spent the past three years investigating Trump's compliance with Internal Revenue Service auditing.
No SCOTUS judges, including those appointed by Trump—Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett—dissented from the decision to allow the House committee to receive the financial records from the IRS.
"When a Republican Judge or Justice is proudly appointed by a Republican, he or she will ALMOST always go out of their way to make a point, even in a decision, that they are in no way 'beholden' to the person or party that gave them this great honor," Trump said.
"When a Democrat Judge or Justice, especially a Radical Left one, is proudly appointed by a Democrat, he or she just doesn't care, it is ALMOST impossible to get a fair decision on a case if you are a Republican. Sorry, but that's just the way it is!"
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