ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file
hi, there, everyone. it s 4:00 in the east. it took years and one court ruling after another, appeal upon appeal and even a trip to the united states supreme court, but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump has so doggedly sought to conceal his tax returns, six years worth. an unprecedented window into his financial picture. this public release, which among other things shows that donald trump paid very relatively in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and means committee. after securing the returns which cover the years 2015 through 2020, that panel voted along party lines to hand redacted versions of the returns over to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way, those of us who are not account tantants can understands worth note hough the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. it s the end result of an
a woman s right to make decisions about our own body is under attack, y all. more than every now. more trigger laws restricting abortion taking effect, i m talking to activists on the ground about the real danger to women and the battles ahead. plus, a man that really understands that women s rights are on the line and ballot this moment. i m talking to congressman pat ryan about his upset when that could be a blueprint for democrats. i m simone sanders, and i have something to say. donald j trump versus the united states of america. no, y all, i m not discussing last six years. that is the case the former president brought on the judge aileen cannon on the southern district. just yesterday, cannon gave notice of her preliminary intent to grant trump s request for what s called a special master. a special master is a coin appointed third-party who had review the documents retreat from mar-a-lago this month. and weeding out any privileged information. it is important to note t
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Joining us now intelligence and National Security reporter for nbc news, politics editor at theroot. Com and former Chief Adviser or al gore and a former senior aid to president obama. When a trump tweet ends with National Disgrace, a tweet that includes a misspelling by the president , it reminds me of the days when misspelling was a National Disgrace when done by the Vice President of the United States, dan quayle on the word potato, days that no one can really remember at this point. Here is the president and the only reason i read the tweet is to note the level of hysteria, which increases in direct proportion, it appears, to just how disturbed the president is by the news hes reading or being read to him in the New York Times. Lawrence, you can almost say he was unhinged. You could, yes. By the way he seems to be
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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. What mr. Mcgahn had said, according to a person close to the president. Yesterday in what was for reasons we will get to later Rudy Giulianis most spectacularly ridiculous tv interview ever, giuliani actually admitted that the Trump Lawyers do not know everything don mcgahn told the Special Prosecutor. We have a good sense, obviously, of what mr. Mcgahn testified to. I can figure it out. How do you say that, good sense . Have you debriefed him . No, no. But mr. Dowd has a good sense of it. He talked to them at the time. The times reports that Rudy Giuliani refused to follow trumps orders on television yesterday. The article sent out of a scramble on saturday. The president sequestered at his private golf club and solicited opinions on the possible repercussions from the article. The president ordered