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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's IRS chief has made hundreds of thousands from Trump properties while in office
https://www.citizensforethics.org/charles-rettig-trump-properties/Charles Rettig, the Trump-appointed IRS Commissioner who has refused to release President Trumps tax returns, has made hundreds of thousands of dollars renting out Trump properties while in office, according to documents obtained by CREW. Last year Rettig said it was his decision whether to turn over Trumps tax returns to Congress, under the supervision of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
An analysis of Rettigs personal financial disclosures for the last two years shows Rettig making $100,000 $200,000 a year from two units at Trump International Waikiki. Trump made a detour to visit the property during a trip to Asia in his first year in officea priceless promotional appearance for the business he still profits from as president. Rettig bought a 50% stake in the units in 2006, three years before the property opened, likely benefiting the future-president, whose company got 10% of total pre-sales.
Rettig isnt exactly advertising his Trump-based profits. In fact, theres no mention of Trump at all in the disclosures. The two properties are referred to only as Residential Real Estate Honolulu, Hawaii and Residential Real Estate (2) Honolulu, Hawaii. This isnt new. When he was first nominated, he failed to disclose the properties were in a Trump-branded building. At his confirmation hearing, he did not directly answer concerns about the properties, only saying he would serve in an impartial, unbiased manner.
Trump is the first president elected since Richard Nixon to not release his tax returns. Hes fought hard to keep them secret, taking his fight all the way to the Supreme Court. There are all kinds of reasons he doesnt want them made publicincluding the fact that they could point to potential criminal conduct. With Trumps name removed from some buildings as it began to hurt property values, we can only imagine how toxic it would become if a bombshell in his tax returns were released. Which means the IRS Commissioner has a vested interest in the success of the Trump brandand of preventing anything that could damage it.
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Trump's IRS chief has made hundreds of thousands from Trump properties while in office (Original Post)
steve2470
Sep 2020
OP
K & R...for visibility...if you're surprised, you haven't been paying attention...nt
Wounded Bear
Sep 2020
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Wounded Bear
(58,743 posts)1. K & R...for visibility...if you're surprised, you haven't been paying attention...nt
RVN VET71
(2,698 posts)8. Rettig is another one who should be prison bound.
And would be if only Joe Biden had the backing of his party to go after him and all the rest of the Trumpians who have been devouring the vision and principles of America and pocketing her wealth.
The traitors have to be purged is what I'm saying. Legally and methodically brought to trial and, if found guilty, imprisoned, one after another. Not just this son of a bitch. All of them, including Jared, Donnie, and the princess.
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)2. Kick
secondwind
(16,903 posts)3. Disgusting!!
enough
(13,264 posts)4. Should be criminal. NT
packman
(16,296 posts)5. Crime organization with Trump as the Don (pun intended)
kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)6. We need Congress to pass a law to go after these individuals fine them or get restitution
And put a surcharge tax on them as a penalty.
cayugafalls
(5,646 posts)7. Kick and Rec...all his cronies are criminals as is trump.
Jail is not good enough for this president and his admin...
List left
(595 posts)9. We have to prosecute this time...
They just keep getting worse with no deterrent.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)10. K&R
They are all a bunch of crooks and slimeballs! Every last one of them!