Everyone is freaking out at the yuge scoop the New York Times just got:
Watching Trump smear the NYT story while not denying it will be entertaining.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) October 2, 2016
Saying "I didn't pay taxes because I had yuuuge business losses" would be double whammy against Trump.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) October 2, 2016
Apparently he claimed nearly one BILLION in losses one year, and that would have let him pay no taxes for 18 years. Of course he’s going to say not paying anything is just smart. Now think about all the taxes YOU paid over 18 years.
Anyway, the other juicy tidbit from the story, is how they came upon the info:
The documents consisted of three pages from what appeared to be Mr. Trump’s 1995 tax returns. The pages were mailed last month to Susanne Craig, a reporter at The Times who has written about Mr. Trump’s finances. The documents were the first page of a New York State resident income tax return, the first page of a New Jersey nonresident tax return and the first page of a Connecticut nonresident tax return. Each page bore the names and Social Security numbers of Mr. Trump and Marla Maples, his wife at the time. Only the New Jersey form had what appeared to be their signatures.
The three documents arrived by mail at The Times with a postmark indicating they had been sent from New York City. The return address claimed the envelope had been sent from Trump Tower.
Boom.
And probably the only more paranoid person on Earth than Hillary Clinton is Donald J. Trump.
The Trump bubble will spend the week litigating the mole in Trump Tower, the ethics of NYT publishing, and inventing IRS conspiracies.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 2, 2016
Trump’s taxes exist in files of numerous lawyers, accountants, regulators etc. Was only a matter of time before leakers started mailing
— Mike Rosenwald (@mikerosenwald) October 2, 2016
Let the games begin…
Read the entire story at the New York Times.
UPDATE!! The Trump campaign has responded:
None of Trump's aides would put his or her name to the campaign's statement on NYT tax scoop.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 2, 2016