Every single president and every single Vice President has been audited by the irs every year of their time in office. And they all still routinely release their tax returns to the public every year so that excuse from trump and the Trump Campaign never made sense. Being under audit is excuse for not releasing your tax returns as a candidate or certainly as president. Also, the audit excuse never made sense for his past tax returns. Even if donald trump wanted to release nothing under current audit, well, what about years for which the audits are completed and closed . Any year of his taxes before, say, 2008, any year that was audited before then, those years presumably would be done being audited by now. Those would be closed. So why not release those earlier tax returns even if you dont want to release the current ones for which there isnt an excuse not to do anyway . Whether or not you are a supporter of donald trump in
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I want to tell you that the way we got this document, the way we got this trump tax return is through David Cay Johnston, David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, hes a specialist on tax issues and financial reporting. David cay johnston and his reporting, dcreporting. Org, tonight we have their first look at what they have obtained. In just a second we are going to show you exactly what it is weve got. Well walk through it with David Cay Johnston. Were going to get context on it, well get explanation of what it means. Importantly, were going to get explanation and discussion about what further avenues for reporting this may open. But let me tell you first that part of whats very important about this story, about this new document were able to bring into public discussion, part of whats most important about it is that for some reason that we cannot discern this document has been made available. This document has surfaced. It has been handed to a reporter
Reporting. David cay johnston and his reporting, dcreporting. Org, tonight we have their first look at what they have obtained. In just a second we are going to show you exactly what it is weve got. Well walk through it with David Cay Johnston. Were going to get context on it, well get explanation of what it means. Importantly, were going to get explanation and discussion about what further avenues for reporting this may open. But let me tell you first that part of whats very important about this story, about this new document were able to bring into public discussion, part of whats most important about it is that for some reason that we cannot discern this document has been made available. This document has surfaced. It has been handed to a reporter and thats an important part of this story. That may be the most important part of this story. When donald trump declared as a president ial candidate that he would not release his tax returns, he became the first president since the waterg
The trump family. In particular, hes going after donald trump jr. Hard, calling out that june 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower. Thats also where Paul Manafort, who was the campaign chair, and Jared Kushner, they also attended. That meeting did happen about two months before steve bannon joined the campaign, as chief executive. And bannon now talking in this book, this soontobe released book, fire and fury. Hes saying this, theyre going to crack down jr. Like an egg on national tv. So, thats from bannon. But, of course, don jr. Has previously said that he took the meeting as someone new to politics. He said, as a businessman, you take every meeting that presents itself. He also says he views it as getting opposition research. But bannon, as you saw in that quote, hitting back hard on that defense. And bannon, in addition, also going after Jared Kushner, of course, a top adviser, soninlaw to the president. In some of the excerpts released, he said that in the end, he b
And taking the border wall off the table as the white house declares a bipartisan immigration deal dead on arrival. What does that mean for immigrations . And stormy warning. A reported payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged sexual relationship with President Trump costly that payment be an Illegal Campaign contribution . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. There are several stunning developments, receiving all the way into the oval office. Tonight the white house, the wash post agent saying the special counsel is poised to question the president himself after interviewing former fbi director jim comey and the attorney general Jeff Sessions. Ill speak with congressman jim heinz. And our specialists are all standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with pamela brown. What are you learning . Weve learned that the wash post Robert Mueller, special counsel, is seeking to interview President Trump in the coming weeks about two specific topics. The firi