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
who is scheduled to hold that press conference in less than 30 minutes. now to one of the reasons we re here in arizona. the migrant humanitarian crisis at the southern border. roughly 160 miles from where we are this morning. u.s. and customs and border patrol says it arrested 231,000 migrants at the border last month. for the first time ever, the number of arrests of undocumented immigrants exceeded 2 million in one year. in an increasing number of migrants are coming from venezuela, cuba, nicaragua and haiti. places with authoritarian regimes with major human rights issues. doug ducey has joined his republican counterparts from texas and florida in sending migrants to other parts of the country. arizona has reportedly sent nearly 2,000 migrants to washington, d.c., since april. some of the migrants flown from texas to martha s vineyard, massachusetts, by florida governor ron desantis are now suing him, claiming they were victims of fraud. desantis responded in a statement
fraud, that he lied about the value of his properties, that he lied to the authorities, that he lied in financial statements, that he did it for over a decade, and that he furnished, and this matters for the law, false information to banks, insurance companies, as well as state authorities and then he would try to get favorable loans and cheat on his taxes. pattern of fraud and deception that was used by mr. trump and the trump organization for their own financial benefit is astounding. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there can not be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. and former presidents are no different. no one is above the law. that is the statement. that is the attorney general who has proven so aggressive in so many cases, without fear of favor. she s pursued people in both parties, and while the nature of her work means that some of this is va
attorney general, laetitia james, hit trump where it hurts him the most. james filed a sweeping lawsuit of hitting trump, the trump organization, and three of his adult children, in engaging in widespread fraud of years of false financial statements related to the family s business dealings. watch. claiming you have money you do not have does not amount to the heart of the deal. it is the heart of the steel. there cannot be different rules, for different people in this country, or the state. this former presidents are no different. attorney general james is asking trump to put his money where his mouth is to the tune of $250 million, to be exact. she is also seeking to permanently barred donald trump jr., eric trump, and ivanka trump, from running a business in the state again. they want to prohibit the trump business from entering real estate deals for five years. that would be a move that would, effectively, shutter trump s business empire in his home state, right here,
hook for some of the statements that were made. so i m sure it s anxiety inducing for a lot of them and on top of everything else that they re watching politically, which if you look at any of the national polls that have come out lately, even though his base has remained solid, you see incremental degradation with the general electorate. losing to joe biden. i m sure some republican is going to come along and make that point in the primary. we ve seen very bad weeks for him before and he s managed to publicly at least in the court of public opinion he s been able to skirt around it. this feels different to me. and it may be different. first of all, when it comes to public opinion, something like 60%, 61% of the country does not want him to run in 2024. his base is solidly behind him and the republican voters are solidly behind him but the independents have walked away. in fact, the number goes up to 67% for independents don t want him to run. so things are not working th