What Is Donald Trump Hiding? (NYT: paywall alert)

[meow2u3]

President Trump owes the American people a fuller account of his financial dealings, including the release of his recent tax returns, because politicians should keep their promises, because the public deserves to know whether his policies are lining his pockets and because the integrity of our system of government requires everyone, particularly the president, to obey the law.

Mr. Trump promised to release his tax returns before his presidential campaign and in the early stages of that campaign, then reneged, offering a long series of inconsistent excuses for breaking his promise. Now Mr. Trump is resisting the lawful request of the House Ways and Means Committee for the Treasury secretary to release the last six years of his tax returns.

In seeking the president’s returns, the House is clearly acting in the public interest.

First and foremost, the public deserves to know more about Mr. Trump’s finances: from whom he has borrowed, with whom he has done business, to whom he may be beholden. This is relevant information about any president, but it is particularly important in the case of Mr. Trump, because he refused to divest his business holdings following his election, breaking with the practice of his predecessors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/opinion/trump-taxes.html

I think I know what he's hiding: a life of white-collar crime.

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[Firestorm49]

2. At this point, it behooves me that we haven't taken to the streets in protest.

You don’t know what you’ve lost until it’s gone.

[Jarqui]

3. I think you are correct - he's hiding a life of white-collar crime

Millions of folks gawking at Trump's returns are going to see some of it - particularly those who worked for Trump

The paper trail and evidence for money is a heck of a lot more clear and accessible than 'collusion'.

Trump is scared.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. He should be. He knows he's gulty as hell. He's just never been held accountable.

Except the federal lawsuit he and his father lost on NYC housing discrimination (largest penalty levied). He has no choice but to push on, to the end.

[cannabis_flower]

5. It's actually not behind a paywall

You do have to log in, with a NYTimes account or with Google account and NYTimes only lets you a certain amount of articles a month for free (I think it's 10) but it isn't really a paywall

[warmfeet]

6. He is hiding much more than that.

More than any of us have imagined.

[kentuck]

7. His entire life...

He is a fraud.