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
that needed him to run for president. right. and that s the thing i don t believe about ron desantis. i do you think he s a very scary individual because he knows how to pull the levers of democratic power to get things done. and when you have a governor getting involved in school board elections, that s actually pretty scary. but the model donald trump brockway superpower, which is shamelessness. which is he shamelessness has given us george santos and marjorie taylor greene, where there is nothing to apologize for, no matter how humiliating. he has neutralized guilt in our country. and my feeling is pretty as a dental campaigns are about creating social movements. i don t know that ron desantis does that. but donald trump certainly has done that. so, i don t see where i think he will be competitive. but the question is ron desantis, can ron desantis for does he win back the effect of republicans the support of democrats in 2022? i don t know if any of those thin
knows how to pull the levers of democratic power to get things done. and when you have a governor getting involved in school board elections, that s actually pretty scary. but the model donald trump brockway superpower, which is shamelessness. which is he shamelessness has given us george santos and marjorie taylor greene, where there is nothing to apologize for, no matter how humiliating. he has neutralized guilt in our country. and my feeling is pretty as a presidential campaigns are about creating social movements. i don t know that ron desantis does that. but donald trump certainly has done that. so, i don t see where i think he will be competitive. but the question is ron desantis, can ron desantis for does he win back the effect of republicans the support of democrats in 2022? i don t know if any of those things are you our strategic person, and you are asking the right question, which is, who is this
fundamental man that he is, the brazenness, the shamelessness and the dishonesty and we did have of course because of russ and his colleagues have a good reporting already, the top line here has to be, well, two things i would say, the losses are gargantuan. we re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars year after year after year. that s true losses. his vaunted empire was simply gushing red ink and that s all it was doing. the only way, as best i can tell, he ever made any money at all, was from cashing in things that his father had given him or a couple of deals where real estate appreciated. that s it. but what you were just talking about is at least the second headline here is what the hell? he s a complicated taxpayer, fine. but not doing it at all? and then only assigning one