re: Rachel Maddow is claiming to have Trump's tax returns ETA: AP says 2005 returns

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David Cay Johnston Verified account @DavidCayJ
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How does the left react when there's nothing really interesting in the tax rerurns?

I say they tepidly try to make a big deal about some detail or another for a few days, but everyone will be able to tell their heart isn't in it.

You don't think they've read them yet? If there was nothing interesting in them the left (including the media) would pretend they don't exist.

How interesting? We'll see. Still might be minor and not that much.

Does she have someone from the IRS coming on to say whether he paid his required amount? They must because it wouldn't be a story if he paid what he was required to by law.

I think the two biggest things they'll likely show is he doesn't make as much money as he wants people to think, and he doesn't donate as much to charity as he claims.


The first isn't really a big deal because that's not really an indication of wealth. The latter would just show him to be a liar, which he's already done repeatedly on his own.

David Cay Johnston is her guest for the tax segment. ETA: late as usual

It'll be interesting to see how much money he really made. Sometimes the left tells us he's not a good businessman and doesn't make anywhere near what he says. Other times his business dealings go so far to every corner of the world and it's impossible to disconnect from the almighty Trump brand. I'm assuming it's somewhere in the middle of those two.

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Then people are going to jail.

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I mean he'll have be removed from office first.

I'm calling it now - this is a plant.