Rachel Maddow claims to have President Trump's tax returns

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Source: NY Daily News

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow claims she has President Trumps elusive tax returns, she said Tuesday.

Maddow pledged to discuss Trumps much-desired financial documents on The Rachel Maddow Show at 9 p.m. following months of dogged calls to have them released ahead of the November election.

In January, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said the White House would not release the documents despite a precedent for GOP presidential candidates to release their returns during the past nine elections.

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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rachel-maddow-claims-president-trump-tax-returns-article-1.2998090

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As reported elsewhere. This appears to confirm.

[Fast Walker 52]

1. woohooo!!!!! Big news!

I can't wait!

[Quixote1818]

2. WTF? K and R if true! nt

[ffr]

10. Liken it to opening the political Ark of the Covenant or Al Capone's bust of a vault.

In terms of political scoops, this event could like opening the political Ark of the Covenant — or Al Capone’s bust of a vault. - EW

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow teases Trump tax returns - The Hill

[Miles Archer]

3. NY Daily News "Page Not Found"

Sorry, the page you have requested has vanished. If you've reached this page by selecting a bookmark that previously worked, the file may have moved to a new location. You can also use your browser's back button to return to the previous page, or try searching for what you’re looking for below.

This one works.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rachel-maddow-claims-president-trump-tax-returns-article-1.2998090

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Try this one

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rachel-maddow-claims-president-trump-tax-returns-article-1.2998090

[Judi Lynn]

4. Thank you, ffr. This is something so worth watching. n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

5. David Cay Johnson has the story and will also be on Lawrence O'Donnell

Link to tweet

on edit: they have ONE. Hopefully it's not the one we already knew about.

Link to tweet

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. I hope it's fairly recent

We know he had the yuge loss back in the 90s. Is he still not paying taxes? That is the question.

[Tiggeroshii]

22. 2005

Which is better than anything we have so far

[iluvtennis]

7. Maybe this one is the complete version of the 1040 we saw lat summer. A complete one is a start.

[longship]

9. Rachel is available as a podcast. The entire program.

It is posted after her 9PM ET program ends, and it is complete, the entire program.

Point your podcast aggregator towards "Rachel Maddow" (search). There will be two versions, video and audio.

I get the audio version every night that MS/NBC posts it, usually by about 11PM ET. It is only a 10MB download, nice for download limited folks, like me here in the Manistee National Forest. (No cable; no broadband INet; only cellular.) The video version is larger, of course. Thankfully Rachel is so descriptive that I do not miss the video. YMMV.

Just thought I'd post this tip for those without access to MS/NBC.

Rachel's been on fire recently!

[Tanuki]

26. Thank you! Very helpful info for tonight and beyond.

[brooklynite]

11. Okay everyone: CALM DOWN...

There is NOT going to be a smoking gun showing criminal activity, leading to an impeachment trial. Nobody, even Trump, would be stupid enough to reference criminal business activities in their tax forms.

[ffr]

13. No, but it'll show where his investment income and losses are

Tying in with his ties to foreign governments and tells us explicitly how his policies tie in directly to where his money is invested.

It's going to be juicy!!!

[MelissaB]

24. Here is a little info:

Link to tweet

[byronius]

14. Still, a few billion in Russian gangster loans might lead to a smoking gun.

The IRS is only concerned with taxable income. The world is interested in far more, and the full document might reveal a great deal once the money is traced.

[ColemanMaskell]

40. byronius, not quite that, but look at this - he made millions on real estate sale to a Russian

per this link http://tvline.com/2017/03/14/rachel-maddow-donald-trump-tax-returns-watch-report-msnbc/
It says (in part):
One suspicious discovery from the document found that a Russian oligarch with ties to Deutsche Bank paid Trump roughly $100 million for a property Trump purchased for only $40 million earlier that year. This “bizarre dump of tens of millions of dollars of Russian money” does nothing to quell the “ongoing concerns” of the Trump administration’s improper connections to Russia.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Taxpayers have no choice if they wish to avoid IRS scrutiny and penalties

Ask Al Capone or anyone else in an illegal profession trying to hide income

[brooklynite]

25. ...but the IRS isn't the Catholic Church. It can report criminal activity to the DOJ

The lesson of Al Capone is: "hide things better".

[yallerdawg]

12. Update!

Link to tweet

[ffr]

16. She misspelled pResident.

Fixed.

[Sorceress]

15. OMG, I am so parked for this!!!!!!!

[hertopos]

17. I hope this is the tax return T was hiding for a long time

nt.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Her ratings are on the launch pad .... 10, 9, 8 ....

There has to be a catch ... like it's not Donald's but from one of his ex-wives or kids


Still a lot can be revealed even from them

[notdarkyet]

19. Hope he's pissing his pants.

[DK504]

21. Dear Lord.

Please let him be ensconced in MSNBC studios with security.

Then let him kick his ASS.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

23. From 10 years ago.

[C Moon]

33. Yeah, over 10 years ago. That seems useless.

[QED]

28. WH responds

blah blah blah

Link to tweet

[Ilsa]

34. Rachel stated this isn't illegal.

I hope the drumpsters freak out and piss themselves.

[George II]

29. I was watching, but I'll tune in on Thursday when she finally gets to the point.

[More_Cowbell]

30. Thanks to Citizens United, MSNBC has free speech rights

Or its corporate owner does (is it GE?) Anyway, the first amendment protects speech even if the source of the speech was obtained illegally.

[C Moon]

31. She needs to give them to WikiLeaks...RIGHT AWAY! :/

All kidding aside, I hope this is true!!!
If they are real, one of two things will happen: 1) Trump will deny they are real or 2) Trump will sue

[ColemanMaskell]

32. Some response from WH in Daily Beast

Apparently Daily Beast already had the first two pages.
See DU http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141728276

[ColemanMaskell]

35. Also there is a related article from WSJ a year ago

The WSJ article is here:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-got-a-big-break-on-2005-taxes-1458249902

The Rachel Maddow document will approximately confirm what the WH says, that he paid possibly 38 million on an income of 150 million. The interesting thing about the WSJ article is that it says that in 1995 he had a deal with the IRS to get out of paying 39 million in return for agreeing not to build on some golf course.

So that seems to imply that maybe in 2005 again he might have paid no taxes in the end.

Guess it probably won't show any charitable deductions either

[ffr]

37. Then why's the WH threatening the media? Good question.

Disclosure.

And if TRMS is eluding to something, it's probably how what she'll cover tonight helps bridge gaps between Donald's financial empire or lack thereof and Russian oligarchs.

[obliviously]

36. Why are we excited when this was printed in the WSJ a year ago?

[ffr]

38. Are you related to ColemanMaskell by any chance?

[ColemanMaskell]

39. Not the same as what was in the WSJ : Complement each other well though

the WSJ said DT did a deal with the IRS to avoid 39 million in taxes that year.
The new documents show that his total tax due for that year was just under that amount.
They are saying he paid thus and such in taxes, but maybe he owed that and then made the 39 mil deal.

[zentrum]

41. Returns from 12

...years ago leaves plenty of wiggle room for him.

The main thing useful will be if he had Russian oil and hotel investments, which he can be questioned about. His answer will be a lie or weasely in some way---but it's a first step and keeps the demand alive---for 2006, 2007 and up to today.

[NurseJackie]

42. I think she's being set-up.

[still_one]

43. yup

[GreydeeThos]

44. Smells like a Karl Rove

[Bengus81]

45. Yup...like Joe said,cherry picked one from years ago that got em..."leaked"

I want to see his 2015 return,not one from TEN years earlier.