WaPo: Who gave Trump’s taxes to the New York Times? The mystery behind a bombshell story.

[spanone]

When New York Times reporter Susanne Craig checked her office mailbox a few days ago, a thin Manila envelope immediately caught her eye. She almost gasped when she opened it.

“I thought it was a hoax,” she said Sunday. “My reaction was, ‘No way this is real.’ ”

The typed return address read “The Trump Organization.” Inside were three photocopied pages Craig realized could be dynamite: They appeared to be from Donald Trump’s 1995 tax returns.

Those were the decidedly low-tech beginnings of what may turn out to be one of the most consequential stories of the 2016 presidential campaign. Late Saturday, the Times revealed that Trump had declared a $916 million loss in 1995, wiping out any federal taxes that year and setting himself up to avoid 18 years of similar obligations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2016/10/02/e7c1e0ce-88e0-11e6-b24f-a7f89eb68887_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpleak-7p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[Coyotl]

1. "what may turn out to be one of the most consequential stories of the 2016 presidential campaign"

At the moment he was circling the drain anyway! It is so over for Trump at this point, and America is about to meet Pence, the only surviving member of the Spanish Inquisition.

[spanone]

2. in many ways, pence is worse than trump...if that's humanly possible

[smirkymonkey]

4. Unfortunately, I think you're right.

He's just much quieter in his insanity.

[Coyotl]

5. Pence, a criminal's heartbeat away from the Presidency, will be too much for voters to accept.

Trump's list of prejudices was greatly enhanced with Pence's own list of hatred.

[gratuitous]

3. The real mystery

Why did the Times publish this story when it could have such an effect on the election? They've sat on bad news before to avoid affecting the election outcome (the Times had solid evidence of illegal warrantless phone tapping by the NSA, but it went unreported in 2004).

Maybe the Times learned from a past mistake? If so, good for them.

[UTUSN]

6. Why was another thread about this locked, was it Alerted or thought to be Conspiracy-theorizing?

Among the mountains of sleaze of DRUMPF's history is the bit about his planting stories by calling under false names. This jerk is capable of anything and everything, including mailing these things himself.