After dismissing his taxes as 'fake news,' Trump falsely claims information was obtained illegally.
Source: NYT
President Trump shifted his position overnight on a sweeping New York Times investigative report on his taxes, falsely accusing the paper on Monday of using illegally obtained information after initially saying on Sunday that the article was totally fake news.
In a series of tweets Monday morning, Mr. Trump did not explicitly deny the revelations that he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, and that he paid almost no taxes in other years because of huge losses in many of his businesses.
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In fact, as the article notes, Mr. Trump is heavily in debt, and much of what he owes to lenders will have to be paid back in just a few years.
He is personally responsible for loans and other debts totaling $421 million, with most of it coming due within four years, the report says. Should he win re-election, his lenders could be placed in the unprecedented position of weighing whether to foreclose on a sitting president.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/28/us/trump-vs-biden-elections#after-dismissing-an-investigation-into-his-taxes-as-fake-news-trump-falsely-claims-the-information-was-obtained-illegally
Original headline: After dismissing an investigation into his taxes as fake news, Trump falsely claims the information was obtained illegally.
So now Drumpf admits to the truth of his tax informatiion, but claims it was 'illegally obtained'
AllaN01Bear
(18,201 posts)wnylib
(21,449 posts)anything about fake news during the debate, Biden should respond that Trump is the fake. Fake at bring a business success, fake at being a leader, fake at putting America first, fake at being president.
murielm99
(30,739 posts)His brain is on a loop - if he has a brain.
jayfish
(10,039 posts)this man's stupidity? I know I have
Bayard
(22,069 posts)The info is out there.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)TeamPooka
(24,225 posts)ancianita
(36,055 posts)There's a new deep throat who won't come forward until after 45's dead.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Murdered? Got so hot that he/she/they had to go to ground?
ancianita
(36,055 posts)Your guess is as good as mine. It hadn't occurred to me, so I haven't noodled around the nets to find out. If you do, I'd be interested in what you find out.
Blue Owl
(50,361 posts)FBaggins
(26,735 posts)The Times says that all of the information was provided by people with legal access to it... but what such list includes people with legal access to someone's tax returns and the legal ability to share them with others without the taxpayer's (stretching the word in his case) consent?
Da-truth
(20 posts)Trump Is Phoney Baloney!
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Please. Just get him under oath.
rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)Lock him up.
(6,928 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)He doesn't have access to the NY Times' documents.
My gut instinct was - his Attorney can release them . . . but now it looks like he doesn't have to - since Trump admitted it is all true.
Nancy was right - this guy impeaches himself every day.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Personally, I think that it's real, and legal.
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)Best thing would be for him to just release the damn things.
Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)that it supposedly revealed a bunch of classified information.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)NYT will make some money on this one, and they deserve every penny.
mackdaddy
(1,527 posts)Just a guess.... Or would that have been legitimate. I keep getting confused about that....
Cha
(297,205 posts)it's True.
ancianita
(36,055 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)Always.
If you told the actual truth nobody would know what to do.