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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Trump claims he's not broke and the taxes are false he can be charged with tax fraud.
If he's broke, he's screwed.
If he's not broke, he's screwed.
Either way he's in trouble.
Let's hope this trouble finally sticks and melts him.
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When Trump claims he's not broke and the taxes are false he can be charged with tax fraud. (Original Post)
Kablooie
Sep 2020
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Doodley
(9,088 posts)1. Good point!
Rule of Claw
(500 posts)2. Can't claim profit to a bank
and loss to the IRS. This isn't hard.
Lines can be drawn, dots can be connected, and the press never drops the worst of it first.
More stories are coming. Clearly it looks like NY is going to indict him, maybe this week but soon. Magats gon Magat I guess.
Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)3. This!
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)5. "The press never drops the worst of it first"
An excellent point. Thank you.
gristy
(10,667 posts)4. Lying about his taxes and his net worth to the general public is not a criminal offense.
That said, he can be charged with tax fraud if the facts warrant it, regardless of what he says.
drray23
(7,627 posts)6. im sure the financial fraud investigators are going to comb
throught the tax records and correlate them with other things ( like insured assets ) to uncover Fraud.