DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/NANCY PELOSI/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “It was another wild day in Washington as President Trump stormed out of a three-minute Oval Office meeting with Democratic congressional leaders, Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the president of a ‘cover-up’ and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held firm on his refusal to release Mr. Trump’s tax returns to Congress. But Democrats […]
Category: A- Trump Taxes
5/11/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP TAXES: “I won the 2016 Election partially based on no Tax Returns while I am under audit (which I still am), and the voters didn’t care. Now the Radical Left Democrats want to again relitigate this matter. Make it a part of the 2020 Election!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 1:32 pm […]
5/10/2019
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “Donald Trump reported more than $1 billion in real estate losses on his tax returns from 1985 to 1994, The New York Times revealed this week. Those losses allowed him to avoid paying any income tax for eight of the 10 years that were reviewed. The Times investigation offered a detailed portrait […]
5/8/2019
IRS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump on Wednesday [5-8-19] defended the more than $1 billion he reported in business losses between 1985 and 1994, a previously undisclosed amount revealed in a New York Times investigation, as a best practice that other real estate developers had also used. Yet even as he tried to explain in a […]
5/8/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “RT @realDonaldTrump: ….you would get it by building, or even buying. You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes….almost all real…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 9:45 am […]
5/8/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Real estate developers in the 1980’s & 1990’s, more than 30 years ago, were entitled to massive write offs and depreci…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 9:45 am […]
5/8/2019
TAXES/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [5-8-19] defended the massive losses he racked up in the 1980s and 1990s, saying the tax write-offs from bad deals were all part of the ‘sport’ of business at the time. The New York Times reported Tuesday [5-7-19] that tax figures it obtained from the years 1985 […]
5/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump reportedly lost more than $1 billion over a ten-year period — and he avoided paying taxes for eight years during that time due to the losses. The revelation comes amid a brewing battle between Democrats in Congress and the Trump administration about lawmakers’ access to the president’s tax returns for 2013-2018. In 1985, Trump reported […]
5/8/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “Real estate developers in the 1980’s & 1990’s, more than 30 years ago, were entitled to massive write offs and depreciation which would, if one was actively building, show losses and tax losses in almost all cases. Much was non monetary. Sometimes considered ‘tax shelter,’ ……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 5:56 […]
5/8/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “….you would get it by building, or even buying. You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes….almost all real estate developers did – and often re-negotiate with banks, it was sport. Additionally, the very old information put out is a highly inaccurate Fake News hit job!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 […]
5/7/2019
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Since the 2016 presidential campaign, journalists at The New York Times and elsewhere have been trying to piece together Donald J. Trump’s complex and concealed finances. Now The Times has obtained 10 years of previously unrevealed figures from the president’s federal income tax returns. The tax numbers, for the years 1985 through […]
5/7/2019
IRS/TRUMP TAXES: “By the time his master-of-the-universe memoir ‘Trump: The Art of the Deal’ hit bookstores in 1987, Donald J. Trump was already in deep financial distress, losing tens of millions of dollars on troubled business deals, according to previously unrevealed figures from his federal income tax returns. Mr. Trump was propelled to the presidency, […]
5/6/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The Trump administration on Monday [5-6-19] formally rejected demands by House Democrats to turn over the president’s tax returns, setting the stage for what’s likely to be a long legal battle. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said their demands raise ‘serious constitutional questions’ and that lawmakers do not have […]
5/6/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CONGRESS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The Trump administration ruled out turning over President Trump’s tax returns to the House on Monday [5-6-19] and girded for a looming contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General William P. Barr. The actions ratcheted up the showdown between the executive and legislative branches, as Mr. Trump and his […]
4/23/2019
IRS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left little doubt Tuesday [4-23-19] that the administration will reject a congressional request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns by a self-imposed May 6 target for a ‘final decision,’ setting the stage for a legal battle that will test the limits of congressional oversight. In a […]
4/23/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin again delayed a decision on whether to turn over President Trump’s tax returns to Congress, telling House lawmakers late Tuesday [4-23-19] that the Treasury and Justice Departments needed until May 6 to assess the legality of the ‘unprecedented’ request. In a letter to Representative Richard E. […]
4/15/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of House Democrats’ bid to seize the president’s tax returns, telling the Treasury Department that the lawmakers have offered no good reason to obtain the documents. William Consovoy attacked Democrats’ arguments that they need Trump’s confidential filings so they can vet the […]
4/15/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IRS/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday [4-15-19] urged the Treasury Department not to hand over Mr. Trump’s tax returns to House Democrats, warning that releasing the documents to lawmakers he accused of having a ‘radical view of unchecked congressional power’ would turn the Internal Revenue Service into a political weapon. It […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The chairman of the House oversight committee said Friday [4-12-19] he intends to subpoena President Donald Trump’s accountant for his financial records. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told committee members in a letter that Mazars USA wouldn’t turn over records for Trump, his company and related entities without a subpoena. Cummings […]
4/11/2019
TAXES/TRUMP TAXES: “Two tax stories, progressing on non-parallel tracks and in seemingly alternate universes, are in the news, both moving full-steam ahead. One story is about all of us, or rather almost all of us: Ordinary workers getting ready this Monday, April 15, for the first tax day after the Trump-inspired Tax Cut and Jobs […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday [4-9-19] that his department intends to ‘follow the law’ and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers. Mnuchin told a House panel that he has not had any communications with the president or his top […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The Trump administration missed a Wednesday [4-10-19] deadline set by Democrats to hand over the president’s tax returns, as the two sides edge closer to an epic legal battle that could rise all the way to the Supreme Court. In a letter released Wednesday evening, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he needs […]
4/10/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The Treasury Department said on Wednesday [4-10-19] evening that it would not immediately comply with a congressional request to hand over President Trump’s tax returns, setting up a protracted legal battle between two branches of government. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said in a letter to Representative Richard E. Neal, […]
4/10/2019
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, has retired as a federal appellate judge, ending an investigation into whether she violated judicial conduct rules by participating in fraudulent tax schemes with her siblings. The court inquiry stemmed from complaints filed last October, after an investigation by The New York Times found that […]
4/10/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “Now, I will say this: I would love to give them [tax returns], but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit. It’s very simple. Remember, I got elected last time — the same exact issue, with same intensity, which wasn’t very much because, frankly, the people don’t care… But I […]
4/10/2019
CONGRESS/TRUMP TAXES: [Reporter: “Do you believe (inaudible) law requires you to give Congress your tax returns?”] “No, there is no law. As you know, I got elected last time with this same issue. And while I’m under audit, I won’t do it. If I’m not under audit, I would do it. I had no problem […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Democrats are hoping that President Trump’s federal tax returns will serve as a Rosetta stone to unlock the secrets of his murky finances. Mr. Trump, on the other hand, has spent the past three years refusing to divulge the returns and even dismissing them as boring. Now, the fight over whether members of […]
4/10/2019
COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The likelihood of a court fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns grew on Wednesday [4-10-19] when the U.S. Treasury Department said it would not meet a deadline set by Democratic legislators to provide them and Trump himself stuck to his refusal to publicly release the documents. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven […]
4/9/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/STEVEN MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday [4-9-19] that Treasury Department lawyers had held discussions with the White House about an expected request from House Democrats for President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin, at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing, said the ‘informational’ conversations had taken place before House […]
4/9/2019
STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday [4-9-19] that White House lawyers had been in touch with his department about a congressional request for President Trump’s tax returns but said he had not personally spoken to Mr. Trump or those lawyers about how the matter was being handled. Mr. Mnuchin’s disclosure […]
4/8/2019
DEMS/NEW YORK/TRUMP TAXES: “In an attempt to work around the White House, Democratic lawmakers in Albany are trying to do what their federal counterparts have so far failed to accomplish: to obtain President Trump’s tax returns. Albany lawmakers are seeking state tax returns, not the federal ones at the heart of the current standoff in […]
4/8/2019
DEMS/NEW YORK/TRUMP TAXES: “For more than two years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has railed against President Trump, attacking his policies on everything from immigration and reproductive rights to his handling of the disaster response in Puerto Rico. Now, Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, has said he would throw his weight behind an attempt to obtain […]
4/8/2019
DEMS/TRUMP TAXES: “RT @Jim_Jordan: Dems want President’s tax returns for purely political purposes! Frightening, but shouldn’t surprise us—same folks used th…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 7:09 am […]
4/8/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “RT @cspan: Rep. @Jim_Jordan on President Trump’s tax returns: ‘There’s no law that says they have to be public.’ Watch full #Newsmakers in…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 7:09 am […]
4/5/2019
LEGAL/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s personal lawyer on Friday [4-5-19] asserted Mr. Trump’s right as a citizen to keep his tax returns private and told the Treasury Department not to hand the returns over to House Democrats, foreshadowing what has the potential to be a far-reaching legal fight that could reach the Supreme Court. The lawyer, […]
4/5/2019
DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump is urging the Treasury Department to reject House Democrats’ demands for Trump’s tax returns. In a letter released Friday [4-5-19], William Consovoy said the administration should deny the request because lawmakers do not have a legislative reason for seeking the returns. Democrats merely want the president’s confidential […]
4/5/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “An attorney for President Donald Trump on Friday [4-5-19] blasted U.S. House Democrats’ request for six years of Trump’s tax returns as ‘a misguided attempt’ to politicize the tax laws, accusing lawmakers of harassment and interference in IRS audits. In a statement that mapped out the legal battlefield ahead, William Consovoy […]
4/5/2019
TRUMP TAXES: [Reporter:”We’ve seen the letter that your lawyers have sent about your tax returns. Is there anything you’d like to say about it, explain?”] “Nothing whatsoever. Nothing whatsoever. I have nothing to say about it. I got elected. They elected me. Now they keep going. I’m under audit. When you’re under audit, you don’t […]
4/3/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, using a little-known provision in the federal tax code, formally requested on Wednesday [4-3-19] that the I.R.S. hand over six years of President Trump’s personal and business tax returns, starting what is likely to be a momentous fight with his administration. Representative […]
4/3/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “After months of promises and amid growing frustration from even some of his Democratic colleagues, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal formally requested six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday [4-3-19] — a move that will likely trigger one of the biggest political and legal showdowns of […]
4/3/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The House’s top tax writer formally requested President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday [4-3-19], escalating a bid by Democrats to unmask the long-hidden documents that’s likely to ignite a precedent-setting legal showdown between Congress and the administration. Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), citing an arcane law […]
4/3/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “An accounting firm is asking the House Oversight and Reform Committee to issue it a subpoena before sending lawmakers 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday [4-3-19], adding that the firm intends to turn over the documents. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) told reporters that […]
3/27/2019
CONGRESS/POLLS/TRUMP TAXES: “There’s no groundswell among voters for Congress to force President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Half of those surveyed said it should be a priority for Congress, while 40 percent said it wasn’t very important or shouldn’t be done at all. The rest said […]
3/14/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin clashed Thursday with House Democrats over their plans to seize President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin, who would field the Democrats’ coming demand for the returns, repeatedly declined to detail how he would handle the request since he has yet to receive it, though he appeared to imply […]
3/14/2019
STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, signaled on Thursday [3-14-19] that he would likely block a congressional request to obtain President Trump’s tax returns on privacy grounds, setting up a potential legal battle if Democrats follow through with plans to request those documents. During an occasionally testy hearing before the House […]
3/6/2019
DEMS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP TAXES: “Senate Finance Committee Chuck Grassley said today he’d request President Donald Trump’s tax returns if House tax writers do, to make sure Democrats don’t politicize them…House Ways and Means Democrats are preparing to seek a decade’s worth of Trump’s personal returns, a request allowed under a rarely used law, as part of […]
3/5/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP TAXES: “Rep. Richard Neal, the only Democrat on Capitol Hill who can formally request Trump’s tax returns using IRS rules, said Tuesday [3-5-19] evening that he is not clear on when he will request President Donald Trump’s tax returns and that Neal will do it only after his committee has built his […]
3/5/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats plan to formally demand President Donald Trump’s tax returns in about two weeks, a key lawmaker said Tuesday [3-5-19]. They intend to seek his personal tax returns covering a decade, but will not at this time request his business filings, said Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), a senior member of […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said on Wednesday [2-27-19] that Trump has not released his tax returns because he feared that public scrutiny would lead to an audit and tax penalties. In congressional testimony that could aid efforts by House Democrats to obtain Trump’s […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “House Republicans on Thursday [2-7-19] signaled how they plan to fight back attempts by Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns, describing the effort in a hearing as a ‘waste of time’ and ‘weaponizing’ the law to target a political foe. Throughout a more than two-hour hearing on Capitol […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Lawmakers clashed today over House Democrats’ bid to seize President Donald Trump’s long-hidden tax returns, signaling the start of a battle that could consume the White House and Congress for months. In their first congressional hearing on the issue, Democrats said they intend to tap a rarely used law to force the release […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Republicans warned Thursday [2-7-19] that if Democrats start to go after the president’s tax returns it will ‘open a Pandora’s Box’ and accused Democrats of ‘weaponizing tax laws to attack a political foe.’ The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on presidential and vice presidential release of tax returns Thursday afternoon. […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democratic leaders aren’t in a rush to demand President Donald Trump’s tax returns, despite pressure from more progressive members of the caucus…Trump himself escalated the debate over the Democrats’ efforts in his State of the Union address, just ahead of a Thursday hearing at a Ways and Means […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The new House Democratic majority is widely expected to test one of Donald Trump’s ultimate red lines by demanding the president’s personal tax returns — and the Trump administration has been gearing up for months to fight back hard. Trump’s Treasury Department is readying plans to drag the expected Democratic request for Trump’s […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “New Jersey Democrats are restarting their efforts on a bill that would force President Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns. The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation voted 3-0, with one abstention, on Thursday [1-31-19] to approve the bill, NJ S119 (18R), which would require candidates for president […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts is carefully deliberating the best way to request President Donald Trump’s tax returns amid building pressure from activists on the left. Requesting presidential tax returns has become a key mobilizing issue for the Democratic base, but it carries with it both political and legal […]
1/28/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats who have been itching to get their hands on President Donald Trump’s tax returns are growing impatient with leadership for not moving fast enough to access and release the documents. Digging into Trump’s personal finances was supposed to be one of the top priorities under the House […]
12/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats are carefully laying the groundwork to obtain President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns in the new Congress, hoping to build public support for their effort as they prepare to confront a defiant President. Incoming House Ways and Means Committee Chairmen Richard Neal, the only Democrat who has […]
12/15/2018
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “They were collateral damage as Donald J. Trump and his siblings dodged inheritance taxes and gained control of their father’s fortune: thousands of renters in an empire of unassuming red-brick buildings scattered across Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Those buildings have been home to generations of strivers, municipal workers and newly arrived […]
12/13/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP TAXES: “Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday [12-13-18] that members of congress from her party will seek to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns when they take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January – a move the White House is likely to strongly resist. The House Ways […]
12/5/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “Subpoenas served on the Trump Organization and a dozen related business entities by the attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland on Wednesday [12-5-18] include demands for tax documents — raising the possibility that President Donald Trump’s corporate returns could eventually be made public. While the subpoenas don’t […]
11/19/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “Sometime next year, we may know a lot more about President Donald Trump’s personal taxes. House Democrats are bent on getting their hands on his returns and some want to publicly air them. While it’s true that Trump’s tax practices are largely a black hole to the public, some information has […]
11/8/2018
BUSINESS/DEMS/TRUMP TAXES: “Beyond trying to get their hands on the Holy Grail of President Donald Trump’s business dealings — his tax returns — House Democrats are prepared to use their new majority and subpoena power to go after financial records that could back up their claims that he’s using his presidency to enrich himself and […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats are ready to unleash the full force of their oversight powers on the Trump administration, a political liability for the President that will come from a newly divided government in Washington. Now in the majority, Democrats are prepared to force Cabinet secretaries to testify, request President Donald […]
11/5/2018
DEMS/TRUMP TAXES: [Reporter:”Are you concerned Democrats will go after your tax returns?”] “No, I don’t care. They can do whatever they want, and I can do whatever I want.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Upon Arrival in Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN,” whitehouse.gov, Nov. 5, 2018 […]
11/1/2018
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Democrats are preparing to use an obscure law to try to obtain a copy of President Trump’s tax returns if they win control of the House or Senate — a scenario that could force one of the president’s most trusted aides to reveal his most closely guarded secret. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The U.S. Congress could request President Donald Trump’s tax returns under a seldom-used 1924 law, which Democrats say they plan to invoke promptly if they win control of the House of Representatives or the Senate in the Nov. 6 elections. In a move that would set up a battle […]
10/16/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Democrats, eyeing control of a powerful House tax-writing committee next year, are studying a century-old provision in the federal tax code that could give them access to President Trump’s long-sought tax returns and eventually the ability to make them public. The powers laid out in an obscure 1920s addition to the […]
10/6/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “The mystery of where Donald Trump found oodles of cash to buy property after property in the nine years before his campaign for president was solved in part this week by the New York Times, whose investigative reporters have for the moment seized from the special counsel the title of most applauded […]
10/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “Though President Donald Trump insists he did nothing wrong on his taxes, experts say he could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in civil fines if state and federal authorities substantiate a New York Times report that found he and his family cheated the IRS for […]
10/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] criticized a New York Times investigation into his and his family’s use of dubious tax schemes over the years and the origins of his own wealth, calling the article an ‘old, boring and often told hit piece.’ Referring to The Times as the ‘Failing New […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “The president claims that his company was built solely through hard work. A 14,000-word investigation by the NYT begs to differ. It found that the Trump Organization owes its success to multimillion-dollar gifts from Fred C. Trump, President Trump’s father, and tax schemes that some experts say may have […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump has badmouthed his hometown newspaper’s reporting as ‘sick,’ ‘weak,’ and ‘nasty.’ He even tells its reporters they work for the ‘failing New York Times.’ But in moments of reflection, he’s allowed that it’s a ‘great, great American jewel.’ The Grey Lady has long occupied space in Trump’s […]
10/3/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Sen. Cory Booker accused Donald Trump of ‘criminal behavior.’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren said it’s more evidence of the president’s corruption. And Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cracked: ‘The Emperor did have clothes, but it turns out it was his dad’s.’ A day after The New York Times published a 14,000-word investigation on […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The Times investigation, which the White House said was ‘misleading,’ showed Trump received […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump’s older sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, has kept a very low profile since he ran for office. But it appears as though she inadvertently had a central role in The New York Times blockbuster report on her brother’s alleged tax schemes. According to the Times, one […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES/MEDIA: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] criticized a New York Times investigation that alleged the president perpetuated a number of tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents…The concept of time value of money is that money in the present time is […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “The Failing New York Times did something I have never seen done before. They used the concept of ‘time value of money’ in doing a very old, boring and often told hit piece on me. Added up, this means that 97% of their stories on me are bad. Never recovered […]
10/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “The White House pushed back against an exhaustive investigation published by The New York Times on Tuesday [10-2-18] that alleged Donald Trump perpetrated various tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents, calling the report a ‘misleading attack’ on the president’s family…The […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILYTRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump helped ‘his parents dodge taxes’ in the 1990s, including ‘instances of outright fraud’ that allowed him to amass a fortune from them, according to an analysis Tuesday [10-2-18] from The New York Times. Trump received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: $52.2 million, or about 5 percent, tax returns show.””Donald J. Trump built a business empire and won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help. ‘I built what […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found. Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The Times investigation, which the White House said was ‘misleading,’ showed Trump received the equivalent today […]
9/29/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The years-old mystery of what’s in President Donald Trump’s tax returns will likely quickly unravel if Democrats win control of at least one chamber of Congress. Democrats, especially in the House, are quietly planning on using an obscure law that will enable them to examine the president’s tax filings without his […]
10/16/2017
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Democratic Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Sunday [10-15-17] that was hailed as an effort to force President Donald Trump and future White House hopefuls to disclose their personal tax returns in order to be put on the California ballot. Brown argued that the measure would likely be overturned by […]
8/9/2017
PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The White House has an unusual onlooker Wednesday [8-9-17] — a large, inflatable chicken with golden orange hair. The inflatable chicken, situated on the Ellipse facing 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, is a visual that organizers of the Tax Day March have used in the past to coax President Trump to release his […]
5/12/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s lawyers say his income tax returns do not show income from Russian sources or debt owed to Russians, with the exception of $95 million paid by a Russian billionaire for a Trump-owned estate in Florida and $12.2 million in payments in connection with holding the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in […]
04/17/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s promise to enact a sweeping overhaul of the tax code is in serious jeopardy nearly 100 days into his tenure, and his refusal to release his own tax returns is emerging as a central hurdle to another faltering campaign promise. As procrastinators rushed to file their tax returns by […]
04/16/2017
PROTESTS/TRUMP TAXES: “Giving no ground, President Donald Trump dismissed protests calling for him to disclose his tax returns as the work of political opponents unhappy about his election victory. ‘Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday,’ Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday morning. ‘The election is over!’ With Americans’ tax returns due […]
4/16/2017
2016 ELECTION/DONALD ON DONALD/TRUMP TAXES: “I did what was an almost an impossible thing to do for a Republican-easily won the Electoral College! Now Tax Returns are brought up again?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 16, 2017 08:07am […]
3/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP TAXES: “Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, ‘went to his mailbox’ and found my tax returns? @NBCNews FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 15, 2017 5:55am […]
3/14/2017
TAXES/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump wrote off more than $100 million in business losses to reduce his federal taxes in 2005, according to forms made public on Tuesday night: a rare glimpse at documents that he had refused to disclose since becoming a candidate for the nation’s highest office. Mr. Trump paid $38 million in federal […]
2/7/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP TAXES/TAXES: “President Trump doesn’t have to publicly disclose his tax returns, now or ever. But some members of Congress can, if they want. Thanks to a little-known and rarely used provision in the law, either the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee or the Joint Committee on Taxation […]
11/3/2016
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP TAXES: “Donald Trump is uniquely unqualified to be President… Here’s somebody who, for decades, has refused to release any tax returns. And now maybe it’s because he’s not as rich as he says is, but he has admitted he does not pay federal income taxes for years. Not a dime. So he’s not […]
5/11/2016
2016 ELECTION/TRUMP TAXES: “In interview I told @AP that my taxes are under routine audit and I would release my tax returns when audit is complete, not after election!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2016 4:51 pm […]