came out an hour ago and there is say lot of data here and how the former president is responding. so as as you said, we have team combing through hundreds of pages but trump paid a very low amount of income tax in the first and last year of presidency. we re talking about 2017 he paid $750. 2018 and 2019, it was combined $1.1 million in income tax and in 2020 it was $0 and that is important and here is why. we hope the tax returns will show the raw data of the numbers but it is looking at the detailed documents that were providing to give us insight into his businesses. are they really as successful as he has said. and i talked to a number of tax experts who say that $0, that indicates that there might be been some faltering business. he said in 2016 it was smart not to pay taxes when he was talking with hillary clinton about why he wouldn t release them. but is it actually business losses? which is important when you think about the political ramifications of a man who ra
he wouldn t release them. but is it actually business losses? which is important when you think about the political ramifications of a man who ran on the fact that he was a wealthy and therefore successful businessman and trump is agitated. he has already issued a statement saying democrats shouldn t have done this and the great usa divide will now grow far worse. the radical left democrats have weaponized everything. but remember that this is a dangerous two-way street. and he and he released a video as part of the 2024 campaign calling on republican tosz start looking into biden s finances and to biden s family. so that is what he referred to when he talks about a two-way street. and the gop is taking over the house in mere days with a lot of over sight. we know that richard neil put out a statement after this came out. of course he s the democrat. and he said congress serves as a check on the executive branchond our committee is