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
his assets to reduce his real estate taxes, when telling me in 2008 or 2009 that he was cutting employees salaries in half, including mine. he showed me what he claims a 10 million dollar irs tax refund. and he said that he could not believe how stupid the government was for giving someone like him that much money back. i again, everyone. it s 5:00 in the east. it was not surprising, but it was shocking, and galling. donald trump, the businessman turned american president, took pride, reveled in taking full advantage of the government for his own financial gain. that detail from trump s former lawyer, michael cohen, was yet another in a series of revelations about trump s tax paying habits that had come to light recent years, including the mammoth piece of reporting by the new york times, starting in 2020, that exposed to
good year he had according to his tax returns was when he sold some of the last pieces of fred trump, who had been long dad, fred trump s real estate empire. all the elements, those lost money, fred trump from the grave was the only person who will donald trump s empire the entire time. michael cohen, does that explain the fervor to keep this secret, that he was not good at the business? yeah, and just to answer, david one of the other successful ventures that is part of is the adventure that with or nato that he doesn t even control. they control nearly professional. so when they refinance he had his percentage and that of course all goes from what occurred on the west side highway when you took over that property. but there are so many things that are coming out right now, the volume of information coming out and it s so enormous that it s gonna take time to
mercy, and a sense of justice. and as people in america can into it a sense of the person who gets pardons. as the reverend said, trump dangled the pardons in front of people, he used it as a way of moral arbitration. what biden is doing is something, he is showing mercy as a person. as a person who believes in second chances. i think that the american people can see, that and that is what pardon should be used for. you know, brad, i want to ask you to look ahead for us. what are you watching for in the new year? well, i am watching for how we see on the democratic side, whether the president runs again. i think he has earned the right to run, i think that he is done a lot where he is given credit for. and how the democrats would deal with as senate kind of landscape, the senate races that they re going to have to