the audit letters? yeah. i don t have to do that. how can people believe you? why doesn t the irs commissioner say he is under audit? that s up to the irs commissioner. normally they don t discuss that? put them out if he has nothing to hide. i ll give you something my taxes. i don t want a vote from anybody. i m not asking for them to make me their leader. is there a requirement in the united states constitution? it s an ethical one. it s not what you re forced to do. it s doing the right thing by the american people. we re friends. let s go through this. there s no requirement it has to be. this is not about the emoluments litigation. it s the same. why are they doing this? why is he doing this? doing what? not releasing his taxes. he s in the middle of an ud it. it s not a requirement of the constitution. he doesn t have to. nixon was under an audit. he put his taxes out. so what?
political retaliation? no. look at the law that was passed. they used 6103, it s a privacy statute you re not supposed to get people s returns. when they use that s from 1920 something. you have to be legitimate legislative purpose. how is it a violation of the first amendment? if you have coordinated action because of political position, it s retaliation. that violates the first amendment i m a first amendment lawyer. obviously there s the separation of powers issues. let me tell you about the tax returns to end the mystery here. people say he s not under audit. i will tell you here today, i know the president is under audit. show proof. what do you want me to show the audit letters? yeah. i don t have to do that. how can people believe you? why doesn t the irs commissioner say he is under audit? that s up to the irs commissioner. normally they don t discuss that? put them out if he has nothing to hide.
audit is finished, i ll release my returns. i ll be very proud to. as i told you then, i never believed it. i never believed there was an audit. i immediately started asking donald trump and the trump campaign to produce the audit letter that begins every audit. a letter from the irs saying they are auditing donald trump s tax returns. that letter wouldn t tell us anything that s in his tax returns. it s a simple one-page letter everyone under audit gets. it s one of the many reasons donald trump would never be interviewed on this show, the audit letter that probably didn t exist, and where he was interviewed, the interviewers didn t know about audit letters, so the news media let it slide and slide and slide. but congressman jimmy gomez never forgot about the audit story. mr. cohen, do you know whether president trump s tax returns were really under audit by the irs in 2016? i don t know the answer. i asked for a copy of the audit so that i could use it in terms
tax returns. that audit wouldn t tell us anything that s in hi tax returns, it s a simple one-page letter that everyone under audit gets. it s one of the many reasons donald trump would never be interviewed on this show, the audit letter that probably didn t exist, and where he was interviewed, the interviewers didn t know about audit letters, so the news media let it slide and slide and slide. but congressman jimmy gomez never forgot about the audit story. mr. cohen, do you know whether president trump s tax returns were really under audit by the irs in 2016? i don t know the answer. i asked for a copy of the audit so that i could use it in terms of my statements to the press and i was never able to obtain one. he obviously means he asked for a copy of the audit letter since there is no copy of an actual audit.
tax returns. that audit wouldn t tell us anything that s in hi tax returns, it s a simple one-page letter that everyone under audit gets. it s one of the many reasons donald trump would never be interviewed on this show, the audit letter that probably didn t exist, and where he was interviewed, the interviewers didn t know about audit letters, so the news media let it slide and slide and slide. but congressman jimmy gomez never forgot about the audit story. mr. cohen, do you know whether president trump s tax returns were really under audit by the irs in 2016? i don t know the answer. i asked for a copy of the audit so that i could use it in terms of my statements to the press and i was never able to obtain one. he obviously means he asked for a copy of the audit letter since there is no copy of an actual audit.