Michael Cohen Reacts To Trump's Tax Returns: 'Donald's Time Has Come' - Deadline - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and investigative reporter for The New York Times David Fahrenthold discuss with Nicolle Wallace the release of the former president's tax returns by the House Ways and Means Committee and what the release means for Trump going forward. - Aired on 12/30/2022.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Can't open. Please summarize.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This is quite a long segment, the gist is that he paid little in taxes before and during his preside

And made no charitable contributions. He had big losses, big deductions, big credits and took advantage of every loophole. And the spokesman said we don't know how many of these were loopholes for the rich or if they were illegal because the IRS did not do the job of auditing.

By years:
2015: $641,931
2016: $750
2017: $750
2018: $999,466
2019: $133,455
2020: $0 - claimed a refund of $5.47M

[MyOwnPeace]

3. CLIFF NOTES:

1. tRump lies!
2. tRump cheats!

[Funtatlaguy]

8. That made me chortle 🤭. Thanks.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. His goose is cooked. All the info is now out and it shows he lied about charitable contributions,

taxes paid and deductions claimed. He rightly questions why his assertions were not scrutinized by IRS and State auditors.

[brer cat]

5. Michael Cohen is giddy with all this coming out.

I guess he paid his dues and can enjoy the downfall of the house of trump.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I don't blame him, he sure paid his dues for working for TFG.

And he's provided a lot of information since.

[mucifer]

7. Michael Cohen really annoys me because

He says he is a victim of trump. No he chose to work for trump. He threatened people for trump. He made a lot of money off trump. He was in it for greed and power. I'm not seeing any "Mia Culpa" anymore from him. It's more "I'm smart. I told you so. Poor me".

[Funtatlaguy]

9. True. But I like that he pisses Trump off every time he's on tv.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. I read his first book, 'Disloyal'.........

I was 'in your camp' regarding him ('sleep with dogs, you get fleas') - and he admits that he got 'swept up' in the 'power' thing - and spends a lot of time 'fessing up' and admitting his guilt. He was 'at the top' - only to be betrayed by IQ45, just like SO MANY others before and after.

I appreciate his candor and insight - he was there - he saw it - he knows how it was done. He screwed up - he paid his dues - he's sharing that experience. I, for one, look forward to his own particular slant on the events as they unfold.