How did the NYT get Trump's taxes returns?

[imanamerican63]

I thought the IRS was auditing them?

[elleng]

1. 'The New York Times has obtained tax-return data extending over more than two decades

for Mr. Trump and the hundreds of companies that make up his business organization, including detailed information from his first two years in office. It does not include his personal returns for 2018 or 2019. This article offers an overview of The Times’s findings; additional articles will be published in the coming weeks.'

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html?

[kimbutgar]

2. Whoever leaked the returns

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

You are a true patriot defending our democracy.

I’m wondering if he’ll cancel the debate Tuesday!

[Blue_true]

4. Whoever leaked them likely had access to them during all of Trump's

term. Now is the perfect time to leak them. If it had been done earlier, there wouldn’t have been great impact. It will be interesting to see how poor Whites that are for Trump and who have to pay a few bucks every year react to this disclosure, they are suckers in his eyes.

[Nevilledog]

5. Should be the first presidential debate where one of the candidates takes the Fifth.

[spooky3]

3. According to the article, they were obtained legally.

The NYT said it didn’t want to say much more to protect the confidentiality of the sources.