Bernie has asked for 2nd extension on filing his financial disclosures,

[pnwmom]

saying he has been too busy.

Both Hillary and the Don, who are busy running as the presumptive nominees, have filed their forms.

We know how he earned his money as US Senator. The question appears to be about Jane's income.

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article86828487.html

Bernie Sanders has asked for and received another 45 days to disclose information about his personal finances.

Still a Democratic candidate for president, Sanders is required to file the paperwork. He has not been campaigning since the beginning of June, when Hillary Clinton effectively locked up the nomination.

But the Vermont senator's lawyer is telling the Federal Election Commission that Sanders' "current campaign schedule and officeholder duties" are causing delays in filing the personal finance paperwork; the lawyer gave a similar reason when seeking the first 45-day extension at the end of April.

The documents would provide a snapshot of how he and his wife, Jane Sanders, earned money last year.

[YouDig]

1. Come on dude, get it together. And endorse Hillary already.

[Human101948]

2. Yep, with his millions and millions he certainly has to be hiding something!

Probably not.

[lapucelle]

4. You don't have to be wealthy to be hiding something.

[pnwmom]

5. The forms should be simple enough to fill out, depending on their sources of income. n/t

[Alfresco]

3. His deadline is now 2 weeks after the convention.

[lapucelle]

8. And Sanders managed never to make good on his assurances

that he would release more detailed tax information.

[Adrahil]

10. So when HRC is officially the nominee...

Does he no linger have to file? If so, that makes me a bit curious as to what he is hiding. Weird.

[MineralMan]

39. He still has to file, but

nobody will notice or care at that point, frankly. There's probably something a little embarrassing in there. It won't matter though for someone who isn't the nominee or running.

[Adrahil]

68. Probably right, I guess....

But if he is hiding something, that would be a a yuuuuge embarrassment for him. I'm guessing the same reason they haven't released previous tax returns.

Not that I would have cared all that much. No one is as pure as the driven snow.

[MohRokTah]

6. Incompetence abounds. eom

[giftedgirl77]

7. Lol, the paperwork is probably in the same box as his taxes.

[lapucelle]

15. The Sanders documents aren't lost.

[CajunBlazer]

16. The article was published Published: January 6, 1996

WTF????

[Her Sister]

21. BREAKING: @BernieSanders camp asks for (and gets) another 45-day extension on filing personal financ

BREAKING: @BernieSanders camp asks for (and gets) another 45-day extension on filing personal financial disclosure



https://twitter.com/davelevinthal/status/748566706788892672

[politicaljunkie41910]

38. Wow!! If he needs a lawyer just to file an extension letter, we're in trouble.

How can he run the country when he can't send his own request for an extension letter? I mean this should be the easy part. I wonder how much his lawyer charged to write that extension letter?

[emulatorloo]

34. Ridiculous, isn't it? Let's time-travel to '96 to smear HRC

because Bernie. WTF, indeed.

[R B Garr]

17. Nice try, but Sanders has held himself out as morally superior in ways other candidates haven't,

so it looks like his smearing others is just a phony gimmick. Kinda like the GOP Family Values gimmick. They used that as morally superior campaign propaganda when they obviously had many secrets themselves.

Nice link from 1996...

[comradebillyboy]

33. Exactly

[realmirage]

60. One thing no one can stand is a holier-than-thou attitude

Especially when it's complete bullshit, which it always is

[giftedgirl77]

27. Oooh 20 year old bullshit.....

When you can't refute deflect huh?

[Human101948]

32. Oldie but goldie...

and not bullshit. Actually happened.

[Human101948]

36. But giving the benefit of the doubt, we all get distracted by things we deem more important...

and lose track of things that we aren't too concerned about.

You are concerned about it. You are intent on making Bernie look bad. I am not.

[giftedgirl77]

48. Yep, right out the old Clinton haters war chest.

I still have old legal files as well, my dad had shit from his job in the 80s most professionals understand these things happen. If they were that concerned with hiding them they damn sure wouldn't just be shoved in a drawer somewhere.

[riversedge]

30. Refighting the primaries is not allowed. I saw the same posts over and over

tossed up on DU during the primaries.

[comradebillyboy]

35. Well it is allowed for some but not all

[giftedgirl77]

49. I've learned to appeal my bullshit hides.

So far it has worked out quite well.

[realmirage]

59. Digging back to 1996 to Hillary hate

Very interesting.

[Grassy Knoll]

62. LOL!!!

[Motley13]

9. Jane does the taxes

so I buy it.
Just show the year before

I feel Bernie is the most honest of them all

But
I'm with HER->

[Hekate]

24. I recommend H&R Block for fast, easy tax return preparation. Jane should have done that ages ago.

No excuses any more from the most self-righteous campaign since Ralph Nader.

[tammywammy]

71. Jane uses TurboTax!

It's even easier than going to a H&R Block.

[pnwmom]

25. There must be something different from the year before.

Maybe Jane was working for the campaign. She's worked for him before -- which is entirely legal, by the way, as long as it is properly disclosed.



http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/jane-says-sanders-secret-weapon-or-a-political-liability/Content?oid=2670992

The Maplefields owner also criticizes O'Meara Sanders and her daughter, Carina Driscoll, for their paid work, more than a decade ago, on Sanders' reelection campaigns. In addition to the $30,000 O'Meara Sanders made, Driscoll earned $65,002 for her work as campaign manager, fundraiser and database manager during the 2000 and 2004 cycles, the Reformer reported.

[Her Sister]

12. The nominees are not busy?

but Bernie is???

[Human101948]

41. Hillary and Trump have legions of accountants, they have hundreds of millions to keep track of....

I believe that the Clintons use PriceWaterhouseCoopers, a major firm that charges hundred of thousands of dollars to provide accounting services.

[Her Sister]

43. Ah okee! Liking the excuses!

Bernie as you were!

a little of this:

[giftedgirl77]

29. Fundraising for his presidential campaign duh?

I remember a time when ppl just lost & went away. Those were the good old days.

[Human101948]

42. Sure is annoying isn't it?

Don't let it get you down!

[giftedgirl77]

47. Lol, he's starting to remind me of old Mittens....

Sore losers are pathetic.

[CrowCityDem]

14. Amazing how he hates transparency when it comes to him.

[ciaobaby]

31. Jeeze - kinda like how Hillary hates transparency when it comes to her GS speeches.

[MineralMan]

45. There is no federal law requiring disclosure of

the content of speeches made by a private citizen, though, you see. There is for candidatesx financial disclosures.

There is a difference.

[ciaobaby]

46. Not talking about federal law

Just comparing the need for transparency - only applies when convenient.

[MineralMan]

50. But, see, I am talking about federal law.

Hillary never has to release her speeches. All candidates, though, have to release those financial disclosures. Federal law requires it. Hillary Clinton has already done that. Sanders has not. It's the law, you see.

Hillary Clinton Wii probably never release those transcripts, because she is not required to. I hope that clarifies my point.

[ciaobaby]

54. I see your point - However - from what I find - there is no law requiring tax returns be released...

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/history-mandates-presidential-candidates

No law requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns, but history does.

in addition, Bernie did release 2014 returns.

And my point remains - Transparency applies only when convenient.

[MineralMan]

55. Not tax returns. Financial disclosures.

There is a difference. Those disclosures ARE required. Tax forms aren't. It is a matter of law. Details matter.

[ciaobaby]

61. and Bernie has filed for an extension, as provided by the law.

He may yet file what is required. But as you admit Hillary will probably never release the transcripts and we will never know what promises she has made to GS and wall street. I know that doesn't bother you, and most on this site, but it does bother me.

[MineralMan]

63. Did she make promises in those speeches?

I doubt it very much. Have you any evidence of that? They weren't private conversations. They were speeches at banquets or conferences. Promises aren't made in such speeches, which are usually generalities, jokes and commentary on things.

If you know of promises that were made, please tell us about them and how you got that information. That would be great.

[ciaobaby]

64. all your questions can easily be answered once she releases transcripts..........

Pretty sure if they were all generalities, jokes, and commentaries we would be welcome to the transcripts, and yet when you are paid what she was paid I am pretty certain they would expect just a wee bit more.
Investments and such, they are not used to getting nothing but jokes for what they paid her.

[MineralMan]

65. Do you have experiences with attending

such functions, where highly paid speakers are featured? I do, and I've never learned anything of consequence at any of them. It's all stories, platitudes and unfunny jokes. Such speakers are hired for their fame. They rarely say anything important. I've sat though dozens of them.

[ciaobaby]

66. so sorry you were never invited to hear Hillary speak - maybe then you could fill us all in.

[MineralMan]

67. Me, too. I would have been interested in her stories.

Still, there is no requirement that she release speeches made as a private citizen. There is a requirement to file those financial statements. Clinton has done so. Sanders has not. I don't care, frankly, but those filings are a legal requirement. Candidates should meet all legal requirements in a timely way. Clinton has done so. Sanders has not. Simple, really.

[pnwmom]

52. She's disclosed 30 years of federal tax returns, plus all her required Senate

and FEC disclosures.

He hasn't, for some reason.

[CrowCityDem]

56. She's more transparent than anyone else who ran, and she didn't attack Bernie for hiding stuff.

[ciaobaby]

57. kinda like how Bernie didn't attack her for the email debacle.

and she is only transparent when it suits her.

[pnwmom]

74. When is he transparent? n/t

[scscholar]

40. And less transparent than Trump in this regard

That's pretty hard to do.

[PragmaticLiberal]

18. I doubt there's anything major in Bernie's returns.

But with that being said, I think it's fairly clear he's reluctant to release them.

[Rex]

19. Just extending his time, not a surprise.

Sounds like they don't have their finances in order.

[Andy823]

20. I think

Both is tax forms and his financial disclosures are going to show how much money his wife received from his campaign last year, and since he doesn't seem to want to put that information out, it might be a whole lot of money.

[brush]

77. I think you're on to it.

Wonder what she, Weaver and Devine got? They're all probably set for retirement now.

[JaneyVee]

22. We dodged a bullet.

[Her Sister]

23. They were due Today! June 30th, Now postponed till Aug 15th

BREAKING: @BernieSanders camp asks for (and gets) another 45-day extension on filing personal financial disclosur



https://twitter.com/davelevinthal/status/748566706788892672

[WhiteTara]

26. Running the clock out. nt

[sufrommich]

28. Biden said today that Sanders will be endorsing Clinton.

He won't be filing any financial disclosures,he's just buying time and pretending to be a candidate now.

"I've talked to Bernie. Bernie is going to endorse her"

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/286206-biden-spills-beans-sanders-will-endorse-clinton

[bettyellen]

70. Good, they're letting the air out of the B ballon. Will be anticlimatic when it happens.

Few will notice the holdouts will still holdout, and it will have no effect at all.

[Red Mountain]

37. Sooner he endorses

the sooner we won't have to read posts like this from people with Hillary symbols as their avatar.

[pnwmom]

51. I doubt that anyone with a Hillary avatar will stop using them, at least till after the election. nt

[zappaman]

44. who cares anymore?

[RandySF]

53. Imagine writing a federal budget.

[BainsBane]

58. Old Towne Media

That's what I want to know about.

[yardwork]

69. Huh.

[Gothmog]

72. I am the treasurer for a couple of gpacs in Texas

I do not think that I could use this excuse for not making the necessary filings

[Lil Missy]

73. It's a good thing he's not the nominee. n/t

[MADem]

75. Can he get more extensions after this, or is there a limit, I wonder? nt

[Maru Kitteh]

76. So mysterious. Wonder what's going on in there?

He seemed well-rested in his interview tonight. Wonder what that darn holdup is?