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http://www.salon.com/2016/05/12/mitt_romney_trump_refusing_to_release_tax_returns_to_hide_possible_mob_ties/<snip>
There is only one logical explanation for Mr. Trumps refusal to release his returns: there is a bombshell in them, Romney wrote on Wednesday. Given Mr. Trumps equanimity with other flaws in his history, we can only assume its a bombshell of unusual size.
And even though he dismissed it as not the most likely of scenarios, Romney just couldnt help himself, explicitly suggesting that the New York City real estate developer turned reality TV star turned major political party presidential nominee may be hiding criminal activity, like ties to the mafia, in his tax returns.
The potential for hidden inappropriate associations with foreign entities, criminal organizations, or other unsavory groups is simply too great a risk to ignore for someone who is seeking to become commander-in-chief, Romney wrote:
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sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Trump has mob ties and I think every republican who did background research on him during the primaries knows it and knows it will be exposed in the General. There's been rumors that he has extensive mob ties for years.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)suggest that his ties to the mafia are deep.
I have said this all along and have been waiting for the media to expose it. I think they are afraid.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)there is a chance that voters won't care. Look at The Sopranos - the mob today seems to be fodder for popular entertainment, less organized crime and more modern Jesse James and the Wild Bunch.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)malaise
(267,804 posts)Truth will out
Denzil_DC
(7,187 posts)On Tuesday, the Associated Press prevailed in its legal fight to persuade a New York federal judge to unseal hundreds of documents allegedly pertaining to the criminal past of a business associate of Republican presidential contender Donald Trump. The documents, which could be made public as soon as Thursday, may shed light on one of the more colorfuland allegedly mobbed-upindividuals Trump has done business with during his long career in real estate.
The case involves a man named Felix Sater, a Russian immigrant who worked for a real estate development firm in New York called Bayrock Group, which had an office in the Trump Tower in Midtown. Bayrock was involved in helping develop some of Trump's properties in New York, Florida, and elsewhere, including Trump SoHo in New York City. In 2011, Trump settled a lawsuit by investors in Trump SoHo after they discovered, thanks to the New York Times, that Sater had a long criminal past. In 1993, Sater was sent to prison after slicing open a man's face with a glass during a bar fight. More significant, he was later implicated in a $40 million "pump and dump" stock swindle that involved alleged Russian criminals and American mobsters. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering, apparently in exchange for his assistance as a government informant in a mob prosecution.
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Some of the documents, many of which have already been leaked, appear pretty innocuous, including a 2000 press release from the Justice Department touting Sater's racketeering plea deal. It's unlikely that many of the records soon to be released directly involve Trump, as most were sealed in attempt to protect Sater from retribution for his informant work.
The likely GOP presidential nominee distanced himself from Sater in 2007, after the New York Times reported the details of his criminal history. However, three years later, Trump gave the man an office and business cards, describing him as a "senior advisor" to Trump's organization, according to the Times. Sater worked for Trump for about six months, the paper reported, drumming up deals for his organization.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/ap-wins-fight-unseal-documents-criminal-case-against-trump-associate
Lots more out there, more than rumors, such as:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/02/ted-cruz/yes-donald-trump-has-been-linked-mob/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/29/the-kkk-and-mob-allegations-haunting-donald-trump.html
malaise
(267,804 posts)Great news
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)... and didn't submit the proper 1099 forms?
I'm guessing he doesn't want to show his tax forms because his income, like his fingers, are smaller than they appear.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)on my tax returns!
UTUSN
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frankieallen
(583 posts)Stupid
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)You can stop Trump! Do it!
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)I think we can be fairly sure that whatever heinous fuckery most foul is in Trump's returns, mob ties won't be. He may very well have some friends with names ending in vowels, but the 1040 isn't usually where they show up.