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Posted on 03/14/2017 6:37:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
UPDATE (8:33 p.m.): The Associated Press is reporting that Maddow has one of President Donald Trump's income tax return from 2005.
BREAKING: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow says the network has obtained Donald Trump tax documents from 2005.— The Associated Press (@AP) March 15, 2017
UPDATE (8:35 p.m.): The White House has responded that Trump paid $38 million in taxes on his income of $150 million, which was what was legally required of him.
14-Mar-2017 08:29:23 PM - WHITE HOUSE SAYS IN RESPONSE TO MSNBC THAT TRUMP PAID $38 MILLION IN TAXES ON INCOME OF $150 MILLION— Jennifer Ablan (@jennablan) March 15, 2017
14-Mar-2017 08:30:24 PM - WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP HAD A RESPONSIBILITY "TO PAY NO MORE TAX THAN LEGALLY REQUIRED"— Jennifer Ablan (@jennablan) March 15, 2017
UPDATE (8:43 p.m.): This is beginning to feel like a nothing-burger.
Maddow says she has Trump's 1040 form from 2005.
WSJ wrote about Trump's 2005 taxes on March 17, 2016: https://t.co/pd75DJDBQx— Sean (@SeanTheDisNerd) March 15, 2017
UPDATE (8:46 p.m.): Wooh boy, the White House did not hold back in their statement.
.@WhiteHouse statement on Maddow show @realDonaldTrump tax return via @ewstephe pic.twitter.com/nP8Z0o94p6— David Shepardson (@davidshepardson) March 15, 2017
UPDATE (9:18 p.m.): Maddow is apparently taking too long, so the Daily Beast went ahead and published.
Here you go: Rachel @Maddow just got scooped because she wasn’t willing to get over her schtick and lead with the scoop she had. https://t.co/0pcp0m2Aeq— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 15, 2017
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Well, this sure is interesting: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow claims to have a copy of "Trump's" tax returns. She tweeted that she'll be unveiling them on her show at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday night.
Maddow did not specify which Trump nor which year the returns were for.
BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC.
(Seriously).— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 14, 2017
It's unclear as to why someone would release the returns now. The election is over. Trump won. This can't possibly change anything.
Stay...tuned?
This post will be updated.
Some lawyer using dicta from an overturned case to make a point.
“Nice pearl necklace.”
Probably the only kind she’s ever had.
I’m so bad...
Media may broadcast / publish information even if it was illegally acquired. So even if someone at the IRS broke the law by leaking Trump's tax returns, MSNBC is fully protected by the 1st Amendment when it broadcasts it.
I know that I'm a huge supporter of Free Speech. That makes a lot of Freepers angry.
Yeah...President Trump, several dozen Secret Service agents, the guy with the "football", the ambulance that always follows the president, and assorted others in his entourage. They all piled into the motorcade and whizzed over to that reporter dude's house because he's just so special. /s
Free Speech does not allow you to violate State Law in this instance.
What don’t you understand about the rights of the States to protect SSN.
AN EXAMPLE
http://law.justia.com/codes/alaska/2011/title45/chapter45-48/sec-45-48-400
I don’t care how many times you post that case..it is not a SSN case. It doesn’t apply here. It doesn’t override the right of the State to protect their citizens.
I don’t think Rachel can be considered a journalist in this setting and not sure the first amendment would protect her or her sources. She is an entertainer, and political pundit EXPRESSING her personal opinion for MSNBC.
Good Lord! Give it a rest already. So what? We all know the media is rarely held accountable for the damage they cause to individuals and society as a whole. No need beating this particular dead horse again and again.
Headlines on Drudge
TRUMP PAID HIGHER TAX RATE [25%] THAN MSNBC COMCAST [24%]... MUCH HIGHER THAN OBAMA [19%]... AND BERNIE [13%]!
MADDOW MOCKED...
CNBC TURNS ON SISTER...
Hillary claimed Trump 'paid nothing in federal taxes'...
Freedom of Speech applies to everyone.
Too funny...
A couple of other points:
1. Rachel Maddow is not in Alaska.
2. Rachel Maddow says she'll release tax returns, not SSNs.
Fake woman, Fake news.
Unless so-called media pays to obtain such information. Then they are committing a felony. We are ALL protected by the first amendment. But we can't buy information that is otherwise illegal to disseminate.
LOL!
Epic Fail!
CGato
This could be a double-whammy. A win by having a leak found in the IRS or elsewhere (how else would Trump know to release the information when he did) and the embarrassment of the left-wing media again when they discover that Trump paid more than his fair share.
Why even respond to these morons? Tax returns from 10 years ago?
Why would Trump even care? It comes off as whiny and complaining about nothing if there’s nothing in them.
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