I support releasing part of Trump’s tax returns

see my tweets

Rubin says Trump ran out the clock but he shouldn’t be rewarded for it.

Releasing Trump’s tax returns now has all the appearance of petty payback. I’m hard-pressed to think of any legislative proposal that might come from the returns, let alone from their public release.https://t.co/jJdtGGEl8l
— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 19, 2022

3) I agree that releasing everything would look like petty politics but I am sure there are limits to what is publicized that make sense.
4)I don't want to hear Trump say he supports the military when he won't pay his share to pay their salaries and expenses.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 21, 2022

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— Melvin White (@cmonmanbfd) December 21, 2022

This is just so WRONG. Who agrees? 😡 pic.twitter.com/J0ePXEJtQy
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) December 21, 2022

More on the investigation of Trump’s taxes and other financial dealings

More on the New York Times and others looking into his sleazy and maybe illegal tax breaks.

Influence for sale!

Amazing @NYTimes investigation: Trump properties got money from 200+ special-interest groups, corps & governments reaping benefits from President Donald Trump. 60 patrons paid ~$12M https://t.co/Bg1oqemR3r

POTUS got $200M+ more from foreign business deals https://t.co/33zLtvXD8k pic.twitter.com/pqUqPyWU1a
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) October 10, 2020

Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his N.Y. mansion. Now the deal is under investigation. https://t.co/l0eIy86jav @partlowj @OConnellPostbiz @Fahrenthold
— Washington Post Investigations (@wpinvestigates) October 10, 2020

Trevor Potter walks you through the serious criminal implications of today's NYT story on Trump finances https://t.co/Rk25W7BTEl
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 9, 2020

NEW: In part 4 of The President's Taxes, my colleagues and I report on how Trump transplanted Washington's favor-seeking to his family’s hotels & resorts — earning millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration.https://t.co/ZpzODAWI5R
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) October 10, 2020

The @nytimes' recently obtained tax records also show no $20 million donation from Trump to St Jude's, reconfirming this @washingtonpost story from 2016
https://t.co/GxmaSAKTOC
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) October 10, 2020

The @nytimes reported today that Donald Trump may have illegally financed his 2016 campaign with a secret loan that potentially exceeded legal limits. The report is the latest in a Times series examining Trump's tax returns. Thread below. (1/8)https://t.co/LhSkZfyJef
— Trevor Potter (@thetrevorpotter) October 9, 2020

NEW: The president's tax records show unusual payments totaling millions of dollars to Trump by a Vegas hotel he co-owned during the 2016 campaign w/@susannecraig @russbuettner

https://t.co/fYcxucFiCk
— Mike McIntire (@mmcintire) October 9, 2020

New: Over a period of several years, @realDonaldTrump took at least $70,000 of federal tax deductions for his "Apprentice" haircare expenses.

It was probably illegal. @JamesStewartNYT https://t.co/4hRXVFt42z
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) October 6, 2020

To me, the Q isn't whether @realdonaldtrump has lost money or made money as president.

It's whether he and his family used the public trust of the presidency to *try* to make money.

That's why we want to know how much $ Trump got from influence-seekers & took from taxpayers. https://t.co/55uywc89qs
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 11, 2020

Don't forget that Trump tried to host the G-7 at his club.

Don't forget that Trump had Pence cross Ireland to stay at his club.

Don't forget that Trump asked the Ambassador to Britain to get the British Open for his club.https://t.co/2G0YKtfvZj
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 12, 2020

It's as if Trump had installed a pay toll at the Southwesst Gate to the White House. https://t.co/eupohT0tfS
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 12, 2020

More on Trump’s tax evasion part 2

Read the thread: "These financials are clear: this is not a golf business, it's a money disappearing business." https://t.co/Ap0T8UW9H2
— Jennifer Thayer (@JTNaylor) September 29, 2020

There's another massive revelation in the NYT's tax returns story: Trump wrote off $26 million in unexplained "consulting fees" between 2010 and 2018, with almost $750,000 apparently going to his daughter Ivanka in one disclosure | Analysis by @CillizzaCNN https://t.co/TVO9xgIr89
— CNN (@CNN) September 28, 2020

Trump knew something we didn't when he started balking at the peaceful transfer of power. If he loses the election, he faces federal and state prosecution for bank fraud, tax fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud, as does his entire family. No OLC memo will spare him. https://t.co/vhyAelqTjc
— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) September 28, 2020

Michael Cohen wearing Trump out on MSNBC. “In the year he paid $750 in taxes I paid more than $3 million. If I went to jail for 3 years for tax evasion he should get 300 years.”
— jelani cobb (@jelani9) September 28, 2020

Recall Romney, under pressure for months to release his taxes, criticized for a roughly 14 percent effective rate. That was still nearly $2 milll. https://t.co/82rViGDVXW
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 28, 2020

In 2016 & ‘17, I paid thousands of dollars a year in taxes *as a bartender.*

Trump paid $750.

He contributed less to funding our communities than waitresses & undocumented immigrants.

Donald Trump has never cared for our country more than he cares for himself. A walking scam. https://t.co/VZChbp8htu
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 28, 2020

This confirms yet again that Mueller's decision not to seek Trump's tax records and financial information was utterly inexplicable and inexcusable. https://t.co/NCOYeOXETC
— Jeff Blattner (@theblatt) September 28, 2020

One thing not to overlook in the blockbuster NYT report on Trump’s taxes is his $410M in personal debt. That represents some pretty massive leverage by people or governments with interests that aren’t necessarily ours as Americans. Kompromat, anyone?
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 28, 2020

The tax allegations go to the very heart of Trump’s appeal, especially among the blue-collar voters in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan who propelled him to the presidency in 2016. https://t.co/XzQnHjNt6B
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) September 28, 2020

No they don’t. Trump’s appeal is based on white supremacy.

Federal taxes paid, first year in office

Ronald Reagan: $165,202
George H.W. Bush: $101,382
Bill Clinton: $62,670
George W. Bush: $250,221
Barack Obama: $1,792,414
Donald Trump: $750
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) September 28, 2020

In 2017, a single worker without children who made $18,000 would have paid $760 in federal income tax.

Donald Trump paid $750.
— Seth Hanlon (@SethHanlon) September 27, 2020

Donald Trump’s tax returns show that he paid his daughter Ivanka as a consultant, even though she is a member of the company which is against IRS rules.https://t.co/Y0xNZejwfa via @politicususa
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 27, 2020

President Trump asked multiple times how much he paid in federal taxes, does not answer. Instead attacks @nytimes and reporters in press room……
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) September 27, 2020

Worth noting that significant delinquent debt disqualifies most people from obtaining a government security clearance.

The U.S. government views this as a vulnerability and a point of leverage for foreign adversaries seeking access to classified information.
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 27, 2020

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— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 28, 2020

There's so much in these tax returns that are not *just* about Trump, but about how the rich have different rules. A worker earning an hourly wage can't deduct "business expenses" from their income. A teacher can't carry over losses for a decade.
— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) September 27, 2020

People are focused on how little Trump paid in taxes, but to me this is the bigger story. He was deeply in debt and looking for a way to reinvigorate his brand. So he ran for President. And he’s been a walking conflict of interest ever since. https://t.co/Mem9308mKu
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) September 27, 2020

Undocumented immigrants paid $11.7 billion in state and federal taxes in 2014. Trump paid only $750 the year he became president and only $750 the next year.

He needs to stop freeloading off Americans.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 27, 2020

The tax returns show that Trump made more far from the Miss Universe in Moscow—$2.3M—than from others he staged. The money came from the Agalarov clan which is close to Putin.

No one who is not president would get a security clearance afterward. https://t.co/PKe9Tz2d4Y
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 27, 2020

The 'New York Times' report is the final and conclusive evidence that everything the president* has sold about himself is the purest moonshine. https://t.co/uGqJk5WuVT via @CharlesPPierce
— Esquire (@esquire) September 28, 2020

In 2016, Trump paid $129,250 more to Stormy Daniels than to the USA government.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 27, 2020

More on Trump’s tax evasion part 1

Here's one of @realdonaldtrump's former employees — an undocumented woman who says Trump Org knew she was undocumented — showing she paid more income tax than Trump did. https://t.co/0GErg8y0nU
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 28, 2020

"In a close election, everything counts," @DavidCornDC writes. "And this revelation underscores that Trump is a phony. That he cannot be trusted. That he is not the success he claims to be. This is the curtain that Trump never wanted pulled back." https://t.co/suWipZqI76
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 28, 2020

The first thing Trump did when he took office was take away property tax deductions for folks in blue states that didn’t vote him. My taxes went up significantly as did most of my friends in NY & CA while he paid a measly $750 and gave the richest 1% a huge cut. @realDonaldTrump
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) September 28, 2020

Abraham Lincoln paid 3x more in taxes in 1864 than Donald Trump in 2016. Not more as a share of his income. More in taxes. Lincoln paid $1981.67 in federal taxes on a salary of $25,000 in 1864-1865. Trump paid $750 in 2016, about one-third what Lincoln paid, but 151 years later.
— Brad Simpson (@bradleyrsimpson) September 28, 2020

Lots of people making these points, but let me join the chorus. The revelation that Trump paid almost no taxes, while easy to explain, is the least important part of the scandal. 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 28, 2020

Donald Trump in 2011 audio said lower-income Americans should have to pay taxes to 'be a part of the game' and said he paid 'a lot' https://t.co/FcrsDrLtSi
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) September 28, 2020

Again, folks in the media shouldn’t be asking whether this story will move Trump voters. Since Trump is significantly behind Biden, the question is will this new info make it harder for Trump to change the mind of a portion of current Biden voters.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) September 27, 2020

Federal taxes paid 2016 & 2017, Trump (via NYT):

$750

Federal taxes paid, average US taxpayer (via IRS)

$12,200
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 28, 2020

Trump attacks reporters who got the “Noble” prize

It’s Nobel and they got Pulitzers, not Nobels. These are pathetic tweets from Trump. Of course, the reporters were right about Russian interference, too. Even a Senate panel led by a Republican confirmed it.

The word Pulitzer is trending on Twitter in the U.S. because the president confused the Nobel Prizes with the Pulitzer Prizes. The word Noble is also trending, because he misspelled Nobel.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 26, 2020

I don't know of anyone who has won a Noble, or a Nobel, prize for their journalism in the Trump administration. https://t.co/Xpan76Tqd9
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 26, 2020

Those reporters are indeed noble. You are ignoble. You are also ignorant. You refer to the wrong prize, and have misspelled it, to boot.

You’re so far in over your head you can’t even see the surface. https://t.co/1lkcL1tnoM
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 26, 2020

When did they start awarding the “Noble” Prize in Journalism? Would love to see the list of winners. https://t.co/m2aXQFthpC
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) April 26, 2020

54,000 dead, and he went on a misspelled rant about "Noble Prizes." https://t.co/vQpNm96mmJ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 26, 2020

More than 2,000 Americans died yesterday due to a pandemic the president was totally unprepared for. He’s melting down on Twitter and trying to crowdsource frivolous lawsuits. pic.twitter.com/7PHvzjsC6w
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2020

https://twitter.com/RonCharles/status/1254486881074642955?s=20

Separate from his rant about reporters getting Pulitzers for Russia-Trump coverage, the president has strongly suggested that he is being mistreated because he has not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. These two complaints seem to have gotten mixed up in his mind today. https://t.co/PrgcqQEFoO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 26, 2020

It's just another Sunday, but the President doesn't know the difference between a Pulitzer and a Nobel, and he can't spell "Nobel." https://t.co/yNMnoD2eMW
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 26, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump, it seems that it really, really bothers you that your predecessor won a prize that you can’t even spell. https://t.co/2JIvLnfubB
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 26, 2020

Does anybody get the meaning of what a so-called Noble (not Nobel) Prize is, especially as it pertains to Reporters and Journalists? Noble is defined as, “having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles and ideals.” Does sarcasm ever work?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2020

Once again, Trump screws up, claims it was sarcasm and blames the media.

Trump is still doing his Nobel Prize nomination thing even though they awarded it to someone else on Friday
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1315810513876586496?s=20

Trump: "I've been — I guess, three or four, maybe now: Nobel Peace Prizes. Can you believe it? Four. Three."

He's received nominations, not the prize itself.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 12, 2020

Trump tells his story about he how and Melania recently watched the evening news expecting to see coverage of his Nobel nominations, but were dismayed that the news was covering a hurricane in Florida and flooding in Iowa instead. This is supposed to make the media look bad. pic.twitter.com/62gzutni0D
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020

Professional medal guy here. I’ve actually catalogued/authenticated a Nobel Peace Prize before (it brought over a million bucks at auction).

That’s not even a Nobel Peace Prize. The medal depicted is awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature.

Idiot. https://t.co/hcQMbkypGG
— John Kraljevich (@JohnSpiroSpero) December 29, 2020

Trump uses goats to avoid taxes

Thread: As Trump heads to his Bedminister golf course, a reminder that he gets a N.J. farmland tax break for having a herd of goats at the club. Trump pays less than $1,000/year in property taxes on land that would typically require paying $80,000. 1/3 https://t.co/Swi3AWwPHI
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) July 19, 2019

Trump team adds insults to their unwillingness to provide his taxes to Congress

Sarah Sanders says Congress isn’t smart enough to understand Trump’s taxes. Trump’s lawyers say Congress is acting like a junior varsity IRS.

The law is clear. The tax returns must be turned over. This is a stall tactic topped off with insults.

On Tax Day, Trump’s lawyer says House Dems seeking his returns have a “radical view of unchecked congressional power.” https://t.co/Q9tNCpUVxb
— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) April 15, 2019

As @paulwaldman1 notes, the argument that the White House is making against release of Trump's tax returns is akin to saying:

Sure, I conned you in the last election. But this is your fault. You were dumb enough to believe me. Now get lost, sucker.https://t.co/EqbkhExLqj
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 8, 2019

Among other things, the letter from Trump's lawyers is aggressively rude. "Congress has no authority to act as a junior varsity IRS." Seriously? Article I, Section 8 vests all taxing power in Congress. It could abolish the IRS tomorrow. Of course it has authority over the IRS https://t.co/ng3BDq9LrA
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 15, 2019

I didn't think it was possible but this is an even weaker formulation of the legal argument than the theory advanced in the first letter. Hard to come up with an explanation other than that there is something in those returns they are really desperate to hide from Congress. https://t.co/VmV5BUwl1d
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) April 15, 2019

Legal tweeps: is “shall” a tricky word? It doesn’t seem tricky to me. https://t.co/TinTgTMVxh
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 15, 2019

.@presssec Sarah Sanders tells Fox News’ Chris Wallace “frankly, Chris, I don’t think Congress — particularly not this group of congressmen and women — are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages that I would assume that President Trump’s taxes will be.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 14, 2019

When Sarah Sanders insults our elected representatives, she insults all of us who voted for them. https://t.co/lPctrsAAbz
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 14, 2019

The public wants to see Trump’s tax returns

Trump and his staff claim the election proves that the public doesn’t care about Trump’s taxes since he was elected. That’s a lie.

We need to know about potential conflicts of interest. The returns probably show he pays no taxes or very little. That’s my guess. Why else would he hide them?

Poll after poll shows the public wants Trump’s tax returns. https://t.co/Qlvaa6dBWr
— Slate (@Slate) April 13, 2019

What is Trump hiding in his tax returns?

Trump is going to fight the release of the returns to Congress but it looks like legally they have the right to see them. What is he hiding? The possibilities include paying little or no taxes, tax evasion, overstatement of his net wealth, income from other countries that would cause a potential conflict of interest.

Trump lawyers' argument for IRS not turning over Trump's tax returns is 3-pronged:

1) Committee must have legitimate legislative purpose, and there is none here

2) Exec branch (IRS) is already reviewing the returns

3) This is an effort to "harass" Trump & punish his speech
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 5, 2019

Trump hires new lawyer and tells him not to give over tax returns to Dems. Giuliani predicts a court battle of two to three years. "It opens a vein," says @TimOBrien, one of the few to ever see returns. He explains the many reasons. latest w/@JStein_WaPo: https://t.co/MNGgCG20cv
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 5, 2019

Just in: Trump retained Consovoy McCarthy Park to represent him re: Ways & Means push for his tax returns and write letter to Treasury. Trump lawyer says requests for tax info are "not consistent with governing law" & "threaten to interfere with the ordinary conduct of audits."
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 5, 2019

Trump lawyers have consistently elevated the concept of his rights as a private citizen when critics have raised questions about aspects of his conduct in office. Most extreme example of him trying to be two things at once. https://t.co/BtvbWdhatO
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 5, 2019

President Trump and his team are willing to fight the House Democratic request for the president's tax returns all the way to the Supreme Court, an admin official tells CNN. https://t.co/xwv3dqCzkN
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 5, 2019

President Trump privately told his advisers that he will not hand over his tax returns to Congress and "he would fight the issue to the Supreme Court," according to the Washington Post https://t.co/Cn2eeqaaoX
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 5, 2019

Timely reminder: Trump appointed as IRS commissioner a tax attorney who wrote an opinion piece arguing that Trump should not release his returnshttps://t.co/hPeIpBMjyb
— Ilya Marritz (@ilyamarritz) April 4, 2019

The IRS commissioner also owns units in a Trump bldg in Hawaii. https://t.co/83Zi28DAH8
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) April 4, 2019

The House requests Trump’s tax returns

It’s about time. Let’s see how much of his income was in rubles. We do need to know about any conflicts of interest that affect American foreign policy. Is he hiding something? Why is he fighting it? My guess is that he pays little or no money in federal taxes. He has done this in the past.

Republicans will try to make this partisan but every American should want to know this information. That’s why every other candidate for over 40 years provided it.

Analysis: Unless Democrats invoke impeachment, there's a strong chance they'll lose this legal fight https://t.co/oUTfJpPrvo
— POLITICO (@politico) April 4, 2019

Here we go. And now we find out if Mnuchin is willing to faithfully execute the law. (I’m not hopeful.) https://t.co/67rKld22oC
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 3, 2019

BREAKING: Ways & Means Chair @RepRichardNeal has just used his unique power to request Trump's tax returns from the IRS.

(Right now would be a very good time for all Democratic presidential candidates to release their tax returns.)
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) April 3, 2019

BREAKING: House Democratic chairman requests six years of President Trump's tax returns from the IRS, setting off potentially lengthy fight.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 3, 2019

House committee chairman asks Internal Revenue Service for six years of Trump's personal and business tax returns https://t.co/K6hDc4BLUM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 3, 2019

Asked about Richard Neal’s request for six years of his tax returns. Trump claims he STILL is under audit and says he’s not inclined to share them with Congress
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 3, 2019

Being under audit does not prevent Trump from providing his tax returns.

House Democratic committee asks IRS to turn over six years of Trump's tax returns https://t.co/h6W5K5tDJz
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 3, 2019

BREAKING: US House Ways and Means Cmte. chair sends letter to IRS seeking 6 years of Pres. Trump’s personal and business tax returns; asserts cmte. is trying to determine if IRS is properly auditing the tax returns of sitting presidents and vice presidents https://t.co/2ImP3nWhbu pic.twitter.com/RPUo6iiBw6
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 3, 2019

NEWS: Ways and Means chairman @RepRichardNeal, using an obscure provision in the tax code, has formally demanded that the I.R.S. turn over six years of President Trump's personal and business tax returnshttps://t.co/xEaWjA4fRk
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) April 3, 2019

CNN's fact ✅: "No matter what Trump says, an audit would not prevent him and has not stopped past presidents from releasing their tax returns." https://t.co/9BitV1aFh3
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 4, 2019

It’s not a tired mantra, it’s a lie.

The important thing here is that Trump absolutely COULD release his taxes. He is choosing not to. https://t.co/opOLjq1oNO
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 4, 2019

“I have big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we'll be working that over in the next period of time.” I’ve seen Trump’s tax returns and now Congress wants to see them too…. https://t.co/bC1cvTHf1c
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 4, 2019

SCOOP: Trump asked McConnell to fast-track the confirmation of the IRS chief counsel in Feb, saying it should go even before Barr. @npfandos and me https://t.co/KdNOvQJF3r via @NYTimes
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 4, 2019

Republicans warn that the Trump tax request "sets a dangerous standard" and accuse Democrats of weaponizing the IRS https://t.co/bL3IrLYjyF pic.twitter.com/WQlDT6Qwtt
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 4, 2019