Trump's Claims of Tax Genius May Undermine Legal Defense of Ignorance

[babylonsister]

So his big mouth might be his downfall? womp womp


Trump’s Claims of Tax Genius May Undermine Legal Defense of Ignorance
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The former president has for years claimed to be a master of the tax code. But now he’s going with a legal defense of ignorance. Experts say his past comments may be his undoing.
Jose Pagliery, Political Investigations Reporter
Asawin Suebsaeng, Senior Political Reporter
Published Jul. 07, 2021 5:06AM ET


Faced with an indictment of his family’s business empire for criminal tax fraud, former President Donald Trump previewed a defense strategy—of sorts—over the weekend: ignorance of the law.

“I don’t even know. Does anybody know the answer to that stuff?” he shrugged on Saturday, in front of adoring fans at a political rally in Sarasota, Florida.

The twice-impeached former president’s remarks provoked a flurry of reactions from some legal commentators and pundits, who saw a besieged client running his mouth in public, and potentially undermining his legal team’s carefully manicured strategies.

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Former prosecutors and defense lawyers who have tried criminal tax cases in New York City told The Daily Beast that Trump, his family, and company executives face a steep hill—and it’s mostly due to Trump himself.

“To a certain extent, not knowing the law is a defense… It's one of the only defenses in a case like this,” said Tess Cohen, a former New York prosecutor. “But I have trouble believing that’ll get very far.”

That’s because, for years, Trump has called himself “king of the tax code.”

“Nobody knows the tax code better than I do… I'm like a student of the tax code,” he said during a 60 Minutes interview in 2015. He repeated that sentiment on MSNBC and later told supporters in Tampa: “I know more about taxes than any human being that God ever created.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-claims-of-tax-genius-may-undermine-legal-defense-of-ignorance?ref=home

[COL Mustard]

1. He Only Had To Convince The Yokels And Yahoos Of His Brilliance

The rest of us have seen through him. Good luck to him...NOT!

[dawg day]

2. His attorney will use the Tucker Carlson defense

"Everyone knows he's lying, so the court can just ignore what he said back then."

[unblock]

3. Since when is ignorance of the law a valid defense anyway?