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malaise

(267,804 posts)
Thu May 12, 2016, 09:48 AM May 2016

Pssssssssst! Mitt Romney: Trump refusing to release tax returns to hide possible mob ties

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/12/mitt_romney_trump_refusing_to_release_tax_returns_to_hide_possible_mob_ties/
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“There is only one logical explanation for Mr. Trump’s refusal to release his returns: there is a bombshell in them,” Romney wrote on Wednesday. “Given Mr. Trump’s equanimity with other flaws in his history, we can only assume it’s a bombshell of unusual size.”

And even though he dismissed it as not the most likely of scenarios, Romney just couldn’t 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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Pssssssssst! Mitt Romney: Trump refusing to release tax returns to hide possible mob ties (Original Post) malaise May 2016 OP
I don't think this is just an opinion that Romney is expressing.I think sufrommich May 2016 #1
New York developer and a casino owner WhiteTara May 2016 #2
Exactly coco77 May 2016 #4
Yes. It's probably well-known in high Republican circles, but closeupready May 2016 #6
I have read several articles about drumpf's mob ties. This one was the first listed on Google: femmocrat May 2016 #8
+1.000 malaise May 2016 #7
Related: Denzil_DC May 2016 #3
Thanks malaise May 2016 #17
What, he hired a hit-man ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #5
Thats tibit alone is worth another +5 to his base. Katashi_itto May 2016 #9
That's where I hide my mob ties... rusty fender May 2016 #10
Yip, I wish it were true about DRUMPF, but your point is taken. n/t UTUSN May 2016 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #12
So is he using his ties to the mob as a tax deduction? frankieallen May 2016 #13
Will Romney end up wearing concrete underwear? MowCowWhoHow III May 2016 #14
Come on Mitt, run as a 3rd Party Candidate! FLPanhandle May 2016 #15
I don't think you can deduct protection payments whatthehey May 2016 #16

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
1. I don't think this is just an opinion that Romney is expressing.I think
Thu May 12, 2016, 09:56 AM
May 2016

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.

 

coco77

(1,327 posts)
4. Exactly
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:08 AM
May 2016

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)
6. Yes. It's probably well-known in high Republican circles, but
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:19 AM
May 2016

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.

Denzil_DC

(7,187 posts)
3. Related:
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:07 AM
May 2016
New Documents Will Be Released on Former Trump Associate With Mob Ties

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 colorful—and allegedly mobbed-up—individuals 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

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
5. What, he hired a hit-man ...
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:15 AM
May 2016

... 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.

Response to malaise (Original post)

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
16. I don't think you can deduct protection payments
Thu May 12, 2016, 04:20 PM
May 2016

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.

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