melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so, cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit
happened as far as the political fallout, probably for trump not much, except that it adds to a reall bad three or four weeks fo donald trump and, you know, people ar starting to look at othe potential candidates for 2024. so, i do not think thi necessarily hurts him with his base i am just happy to say that we get to have his taxes in ful view so, this is not all about donald trump, someone else has also failed here according to the house ways an needs committee the irs should have audited trump s tax returns, how did this oversigh even occur in first place? i think that is a 64,00 dollar question, melissa, wh did the irs not audit donald trump each year that they were supposed to, and only did so after they were prompted t audit by house democrats even at that, as the committee
just they re phenomenal kids as for crystal, lieck hopes she ll be remembered more as a loving mom than an up-by-the bootstraps survivor of awful abuse. she wanted that family that she never had. she wante children. she wanted to love something unconditionally an have some somebody love her unconditionally. i love you. and she was still looking for that love right until th hours before the winds began howling and the waters rose. that s all for this edition of dateline. welcome to the show, i a
documents at mar-a-lago. they say that sunlight is th best disinfectant. but, after seven years o donald trump s cover-up an concealment, could it be tha some light is beginning to shine through the cracks, here is this a real turning point i the fight against executiv corruption or, is this just another flash in the pan let s turn now to juliá castro he served as obama secretary o housing and urban developmen and ran for the democratic presidential nomination in 2020 along with him is susan de percio, she is a republica strategist and msnbc political analyst. so, susan is this too little too late what is the benefit to the american people of learning at this late date about donal trump s taxes? i think first and foremost, melissa, what is important i that the american public not that it always catches up to you. donald trump did not get awa with not showing the america public his taxes, maybe they are a few years too late but i