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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone else wonder if it could be Malignia that turned
over tax documents? If Donald went to prison, it might strengthen her hand in getting a divorce.
Same with the FEC and campaign funds, if she even knows anything about it.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)She sold herself - a least body and reproductive duties - in a deal with the devil. Suffer the consequences. You shall reap what you sow.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Plus, I don't think she's bright enough to figure it out.
Why would she do that if he is millions in debt? What would she get in the divorce?
She would be more likely to do anything she could to help keep him in power so they could try to get ahead in the next four years.
mchill
(1,018 posts)The banks and the Feds get it.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Smart giirl that soft porn fashion model fake titties first lady she is.
jmowreader
(50,555 posts)If Melania did what the OP suggests, it was because she finally got to the point of realizing Trump is a lost cause.
2naSalit
(86,569 posts)with the czarina. Absolute hell for both of them.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
Tom Traubert
(117 posts)NT
kimbutgar
(21,132 posts)That could be why they leaked them!
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Then once he got tRump in his clutches, Melania was there as spy and back up. She could help keep Don-uld under her spell and report back to Pooty. Wonder what he promised her for her help?? LOL She sells her soul in parts, doesnt she? Some to tRump and some to Pooty and who knows who else owns a piece?? No wonder she looks so dour. You would, too, if you had that many masters.
This will make one hell of a book/movie when this all unravels on tRump.
PCIntern
(25,541 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)as an asset for Putin, even though she appeared to be genuinely angry about him winning in 2016.
C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)Realizing that concubine agreement isn't worth squat.
All that humiliation for nothing.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts).... except trDump probably gave her the clap, body lice,.... and bed bugs.
kimbutgar
(21,132 posts)Nevilledog
(51,080 posts)Fuck her.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)❤️ ~✿~❧~🌿~❧~✿~ ❤️
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Those aren't DU company issued.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)from someone legally allowed to disclose them?
Seems she fits that description. As to why, well, to stay out of jail. Her signature is on the returns, so she is liable for criminal wrong doing. She could have ratted him out to the IRS, but they already had his returns, knew he is cheating, and have let it go on for about a decade. But, giving them to the newspaper gives her cover to stay out of jail. She knows her pre-nup is worthless since Trump is broke, so her only access to cash will be her "tell all" book, which will get a lot of promo by the NYT, and because the corporate media will be fawning all over her as the ultimate insider. She will control the narrative, and insulate herself from prosecution, while insuring plenty of cash for the future.
wryter2000
(46,038 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,271 posts)magicarpet
(14,145 posts)..... fraud litigation.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts).... for the daddy moneybags Fred trDump.
"The Donald" approach Fred while on his death bed and had himself appointed executor of Fred's estate. After Fred died "The Donald" funnel the funds from the estate to his pocket to the detriment of other inheritors. That was why niece Mary dragged "The Donald's" fat ass into court.
Srkdqltr
(6,271 posts)If I remember right she was surprised at how much was there. A lot about financials.
jrthin
(4,835 posts)She would never jeopardize her financial security for a mere divorce.
maryellen99
(3,788 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)implicated and ready to cut a plea deal and testify against the others in exchange for immunity.
canetoad
(17,152 posts)I'd take a couple of dollars on Maryanne Trump Barry too.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)"President Trumps older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, has retired as a federal appellate judge, ending an investigation into whether she violated judicial conduct rules by participating in fraudulent tax schemes with her siblings.
The court inquiry stemmed from complaints filed last October, after an investigation by The New York Times found that the Trumps had engaged in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the inherited wealth of Mr. Trump and his siblings. Judge Barry not only benefited financially from most of those tax schemes, The Times found; she was also in a position to influence the actions taken by her family.
....
Judge Barry had been a co-owner of a shell company All County Building Supply & Maintenance created by the family to siphon cash from their fathers empire by marking up purchases already made by his employees, The Times investigation found. Judge Barry, her siblings and a cousin split the markup, free of gift and estate taxes, which at the time were levied at a much higher rate than income taxes.
....
The family also used the padded invoices to justify higher rent increases in rent-regulated buildings, artificially inflating the rents of thousands of tenants. Former prosecutors told The Times that if the authorities had discovered at the time how the Trumps were using All County, their actions would have warranted a criminal investigation for defrauding tenants, tax fraud and filing false documents."...(more)
apcalc
(4,463 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)magicarpet
(14,145 posts)The court should have mercy on us.
More boo hoo.
Ya,.. you dirt bag,... after the two brothers killed their both parents to get the inheritance sooner rather than later.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)(MARY - THE NIECE)
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Certainly wouldnt know an American tax document from her asshole.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)deal. Remember,Ed Bourke the Alderman who was busted by the FBI for rigging Trumps Real Estate Tax bills for Cook County,boy did that story die. All of Bourke's Trump related files for twenty years were confiscated .
cwydro
(51,308 posts)You wont think so after reading it.
Shes as bad, if not worse, as he is.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,243 posts)Hekate
(90,656 posts)They are too alike.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)She's not a good person.
JI7
(89,247 posts)BUT she is NOT a good person that's how I know she didn't do it. She is just like him and wants to protect the corruption.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)Who on the Trump inside would have had that type of access? I'm sure these documents were not just laying around on the kitchen table.
Someone close to Trump has double-crossed him. It could have been Cohen. He seems like the type that would have made records for his own files. And the NYT could have had these for quite a while, considering the validation work that would have been required.
I'm actually surprised at how little Trump has said about this story. I expected him to throw a shit fit about it. But he really hasn't.
Did Trump authorize the release of these documents to the NYT? Is he trying to sabotage his own re-election in an attempt to cut a deal to make any potential criminal charges go away?
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Why would he need to sabotage his own re-election in order to cut a deal?