NYT publishes Trump tax returns
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@Axtremus said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@jon-nyc said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
I wonder if there's a legal reason for them not to release the actual docs or if they would identify the source.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/trump-taxes-editors-note.html
"We are not making the records themselves public because we do not want to jeopardize our sources, who have taken enormous personal risks to help inform the public."Give it 3 months. It'll all come out who they are. The only way for two or more people to keep a secret like this is for only one of them to be alive.
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I'm a bit curious if the legality depends on the source.
Obviously it's illegal for an IRS employee to leak them. But is it an actual crime if, say, the secretary at the accounting firm does? I could imagine that going either way. Obviously they'd face professional and civil repercussions.
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@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
They need to go to jail.
Trump. Biden. Clinton. I don't care. For stuff like this, somebody needs to go to jail.
The leak sounds illegal (I don't really know of any legal ways to leak a tax return).
That said - once the info is out, it's out.
I dunno what it means, haven't had a chance to look through myself yet.
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@xenon said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
They need to go to jail.
Trump. Biden. Clinton. I don't care. For stuff like this, somebody needs to go to jail.
The leak sounds illegal (I don't really know of any legal ways to leak a tax return).
That said - once the info is out, it's out.
I dunno what it means, haven't had a chance to look through myself yet.
Yep, once it's out, it's out.
Somebody needs to go to jail.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@xenon said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
They need to go to jail.
Trump. Biden. Clinton. I don't care. For stuff like this, somebody needs to go to jail.
The leak sounds illegal (I don't really know of any legal ways to leak a tax return).
That said - once the info is out, it's out.
That’s what this year taught me.
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@jon-nyc said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
Personally guaranteed debt of $400MM due 2022, plus a disputed 72MM with the IRS.
I wonder who he owes that 400 million to?
That could bankrupt him personally.
Seems like a potential national security issue.
Speaker Pelosi is picking this up:
Trump taxes are 'national security' issue, Nancy Pelosi says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54332956Speaking on NBC, Ms Pelosi said the report showed that "this president appears to have over $400m in debt".
"To whom? Different countries? What is the leverage they have?" she asked, adding: "So for me, this is a national security question." -
@Aqua-Letifer said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
Don't the details that were publicized mean that either he's using loopholes, legal though they may be, or he's not the successful captain of industry his devotees make him out to be?
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Trump Steaks
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GoTrump
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Trump Airlines
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Trump Vodka
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Trump Mortgage
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Trump: The Game
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Trump Magazine
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Trump University
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Trump Ice
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The New Jersey Generals
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Tour de Trump
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Trump Network
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Trumped!
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Trump Taj Mahal
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Trump’s Castle
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Trump Plaza Casinos
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Trump Plaza Hotel
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Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
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Trump Entertainment Resorts
....wanna guess what these all have in common, besides having the name Trump in them?
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Krugman picked up on Trump’s debt problem as well:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/opinion/trump-taxes-debt.html
The most important revelation from the Times report, however, is its confirmation of another thing many observers already suspected: Trump has hundreds of millions in personal debt. It’s unclear whether he has the resources to repay it.
Personal financial trouble has always been a red flag when it comes to filling sensitive government positions, because it’s an open invitation to corruption.
So the confirmation that the nation’s chief law enforcement and national security official — whose business empire already offers many opportunities for undue influence — is drowning in debt is chilling.
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@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
Being a Republican, I generally do not vote multiple times, like some Demonrats. This year, I may make an exception...It's too much fun watching y'all screaming in the aisles at least once a week.
Re-elect Donald J. Trump!
Meh - he bothers me less than he used to for some reason. He’s an entertaining buffoon if nothing else.
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@xenon said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
Being a Republican, I generally do not vote multiple times, like some Demonrats. This year, I may make an exception...It's too much fun watching y'all screaming in the aisles at least once a week.
Re-elect Donald J. Trump!
Meh - he bothers me less than he used to for some reason. He’s an entertaining buffoon if nothing else.
I dunno, maybe that works for you. But notice which threads take off around here...They ain't about Biden. And that's the case in other places I frequent and some I check occasionally.
Most conversations are Trump-centric.
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@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@xenon said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@Jolly said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
Being a Republican, I generally do not vote multiple times, like some Demonrats. This year, I may make an exception...It's too much fun watching y'all screaming in the aisles at least once a week.
Re-elect Donald J. Trump!
Meh - he bothers me less than he used to for some reason. He’s an entertaining buffoon if nothing else.
I dunno, maybe that works for you. But notice which threads take off around here...They ain't about Biden. And that's the case in other places I frequent and some I check occasionally.
Most conversations are Trump-centric.
Biden is boring incarnate.
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@Mik said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
How, pray tell, did a shit businessman manage to get himself elected president?
Because the country preferred the unscripted internet troll to the scripted dirty politician.
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@89th said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
@Aqua-Letifer said in NYT publishes Trump tax returns:
Don't the details that were publicized mean that either he's using loopholes, legal though they may be, or he's not the successful captain of industry his devotees make him out to be?
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Trump Steaks
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GoTrump
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Trump Airlines
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Trump Vodka
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Trump Mortgage
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Trump: The Game
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Trump Magazine
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Trump University
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Trump Ice
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The New Jersey Generals
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Tour de Trump
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Trump Network
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Trumped!
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Trump Taj Mahal
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Trump’s Castle
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Trump Plaza Casinos
-
Trump Plaza Hotel
-
Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
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Trump Entertainment Resorts
....wanna guess what these all have in common, besides having the name Trump in them?
They're all the mark of a winner? Who keeps winning, on so many levels of D that it approaches infinity?
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