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BlueWavePsych

(2,635 posts)
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:15 PM Sep 2020

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.

*snip*

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'
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After dismissing his taxes as 'fake news,' Trump falsely claims information was obtained illegally. (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 OP
my eye. was waiting for the "fake news" , hes fake . AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #1
I was just thinking that if Trump says wnylib Sep 2020 #28
Everything is fake news with him. murielm99 Sep 2020 #2
Have we Run Out of Adjectives to Describe... jayfish Sep 2020 #3
Doesn't matter how it was obtained now Bayard Sep 2020 #4
Yep! I don't care how it got out, and Trump has now confirmed its authenticity. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #18
He will sic Barr on whoever leaked this info and try to make that the story TeamPooka Sep 2020 #5
They'd have to trace a secret delivery process, and if they could, no one would admit to it. ancianita Sep 2020 #14
Which reminds me -- what has become of "Anonymous"? NCjack Sep 2020 #21
Good question. ancianita Sep 2020 #23
Hey tRump remember that time you bragged about it on live TV? Blue Owl Sep 2020 #6
How could it not be illegal? FBaggins Sep 2020 #7
Phoney Baloney Da-truth Sep 2020 #8
This clown is a prosector's dream C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #9
Ok, yeah it's true, but you shouldn't know about it n/t rustysgurl Sep 2020 #10
Still waiting to SEE if hair fuRor's lying one way or the other... Lock him up. Sep 2020 #11
He doesn't know that JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #12
Is it fake, or was it obtained illegally? Can't be both, Donny! lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #17
Me too JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #22
And that makes sense to him. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #13
SAME SHIT he pulled with the Bolton book - claimed it was "all lies" at the same time bullwinkle428 Sep 2020 #15
Sweet - he just admitted it's real! lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #16
Maybe the Russians stole it via electronic espionage and release it through Wikileaks? mackdaddy Sep 2020 #19
My first thought.. Big Whiny Ass STUPID trump Admits Cha Sep 2020 #20
Is he saying that until the NYT proves a credible source exists, Russia made the 47 pgs up? ancianita Sep 2020 #24
Surprised? DON THE CON will NEVER accept responsibility for ANYTHING, EVER! Baclava Sep 2020 #25
Always lie. Turbineguy Sep 2020 #26
Can't be both ck4829 Sep 2020 #27

wnylib

(21,449 posts)
28. I was just thinking that if Trump says
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 07:38 AM
Sep 2020

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.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
14. They'd have to trace a secret delivery process, and if they could, no one would admit to it.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:33 PM
Sep 2020

There's a new deep throat who won't come forward until after 45's dead.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
21. Which reminds me -- what has become of "Anonymous"?
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 03:14 PM
Sep 2020

Murdered? Got so hot that he/she/they had to go to ground?

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
23. Good question.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 03:21 PM
Sep 2020

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.

FBaggins

(26,735 posts)
7. How could it not be illegal?
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:20 PM
Sep 2020

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?

Lock him up.

(6,928 posts)
11. Still waiting to SEE if hair fuRor's lying one way or the other...
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:27 PM
Sep 2020
Showing all returns since 1980 would settle it.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
12. He doesn't know that
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:27 PM
Sep 2020

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)
17. Is it fake, or was it obtained illegally? Can't be both, Donny!
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:36 PM
Sep 2020

Personally, I think that it's real, and legal.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
15. SAME SHIT he pulled with the Bolton book - claimed it was "all lies" at the same time
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:33 PM
Sep 2020

that it supposedly revealed a bunch of classified information.

mackdaddy

(1,527 posts)
19. Maybe the Russians stole it via electronic espionage and release it through Wikileaks?
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:59 PM
Sep 2020

Just a guess.... Or would that have been legitimate. I keep getting confused about that....
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