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In reply to the discussion: I think people are WAY too hopeful about Trump's tax returns being a smoking gun... [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)4. Tax fraud isn't the worst of it.
Tax returns won't necessarily reveal evidence of the most likely crime of money-laundering, which he could have been doing for the Russians through years of dodgy real estate deals, because all of that would be disguised in transactions through shell corporations. If all of the schedules are included, a good forensic accountant might be able to find evidence of questionable transactions, but none of it is likely to be obvious.
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I think people are WAY too hopeful about Trump's tax returns being a smoking gun... [View all]
brooklynite
Jul 2020
OP
Everything you say is logical and may be true....but it WILL piss Trump off...SO worth it!
dutch777
Jul 2020
#2
Translation, if this is about ANY democrat it finishes them overnight...
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2020
#12
I don't expect the court to rule in favor of their release. He's not a Democrat.
themaguffin
Jul 2020
#32
If Vance gets an indictment, the underlying evidence (the taxes) should be public
Arazi
Jul 2020
#35
If he got loans from Russians through Deutsche Bank right before the election...
cbdo2007
Jul 2020
#36
#SCOTUS will issue orders tomorrow morning at 9:30 am Eastern. Next day for opinions: Monday, July 6
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2020
#37