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Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
New York Times ^ | October 2, 2018 | David Barstow, SSusanne Craig, and Russ Buettner

Posted on 10/02/2018 12:41:13 PM PDT by Reno89519

President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.

Snippets: "The president’s parents, Fred and Mary Trump, transferred well over $1 billion in wealth to their children." and "President Trump had virtually no involvement whatsoever with these matters".

Robert Trump, the president's brother: "Our dear father, Fred C. Trump, passed away in June 1999. Our beloved mother, Mary Anne Trump, passed away in August 2000. All appropriate gift and estate tax returns were filed, and the required taxes were paid. Our father’s estate was closed in 2001 by both the Internal Revenue Service and the New York State tax authorities, and our mother’s estate was closed in 2004. Our family has no other comment on these matters that happened some 20 years ago, and would appreciate your respecting the privacy of our deceased parents, may God rest their souls."

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; braking; donaldtrump; fredtrump; marytrump; mediabias; schemes; taxes; trump
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To: Reno89519

Shep on Fox is now talking and drooling about it. Over 14,000 words. Incredible. Sham corporations. Dodging taxes. More, more, more. Shep’s going to pee his pants if he gets much more excited. /s


21 posted on 10/02/2018 12:49:00 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Reno89519

The only thing “dubious” here (other than the NYT) is the Fed and State tax codes that require lawyers and accountants to avoid confiscation of family wealth.


22 posted on 10/02/2018 12:49:07 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: Reno89519

This investigation puts the one on Judge Kav to shame!

Now they are investigating back to AGE 3!!


23 posted on 10/02/2018 12:49:37 PM PDT by Breyean
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To: TexasGator
Ran out of Kavanaugh victims.

Bingo. The Times is signaling what is to be the next axis of attack, or at least suggesting one.

They're already moving on from Kavanaugh, because it's getting negative traction (for them) from the voters.

24 posted on 10/02/2018 12:49:47 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Reno89519

OOoooo.... An NYT investigation? I love scary thrillers... NOT!!!


25 posted on 10/02/2018 12:50:09 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Reno89519

Who told the Trump/America hating Aholes at the fake news Slimes they could conduct an “investgation”? Maybe someone should investgate the maggots at the Slimes.


26 posted on 10/02/2018 12:50:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Lent

“Only three wrote this tripe?”

That’s kuz their total IQ s add up to 200 ?


27 posted on 10/02/2018 12:51:15 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Reno89519

I wish I had a dad like Trump’s. “By age 3, Mr. Trump was earning $200,000 a year in today’s dollars from his father’s empire. He was a millionaire by age 8. By the time he was 17, his father had given him part ownership of a 52-unit apartment building. Soon after Mr. Trump graduated from college, he was receiving the equivalent of $1 million a year from his father. The money increased with the years, to more than $5 million annually in his 40s and 50s.”

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I didn’t know this. His father made a great investment in his son.


28 posted on 10/02/2018 12:51:22 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: z3n

Yes, it was all legal and comes with the IRS stamp of approval. Just rich-hating and envious fake reporters getting excited about nothing. Oh, Trump must be bad because his had rich parents. White privilege run amok. The horror.


29 posted on 10/02/2018 12:51:25 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Reno89519

The commies at the NYT strain to resurrect the old marxist class-warfare canard in yet another feeble attempt to smear Trump.


30 posted on 10/02/2018 12:51:34 PM PDT by Little Pig
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btw.. Isn’t it illegal to possess someone else’s tax returns without authorization or a subpeony thingy? or to leak them?


31 posted on 10/02/2018 12:51:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Reno89519
Wish we'd had an extra "week" to scrutinize the Dems Obamacare bill......


32 posted on 10/02/2018 12:52:17 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Where are the Obama-Creamer audio tapes?/GM bondholders: America's SAfrica White farmers...)
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To: Steely Tom

actually - the Dems and the NYT are counting on the dems taking the house.

This is to set up the next round of investigations.

I wonder if the leaked tax returns came from the IRS, the lawyers or someone else. Why is this not a chrime


33 posted on 10/02/2018 12:52:41 PM PDT by bob_esb (wAT)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“Trump/America hating Aholes”

What is the plural of ANUS anyway?


34 posted on 10/02/2018 12:52:44 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Reno89519

YES....President Trump used FREE ENTERPRISE to make money...oh, the horrors....the commies are in fits and knots. He’s been under the scrutiny of the IRS for years, idiots. There’s NOTHING here....just like in the Kavanaugh case...you HAVE NOTHING! Quit making Cr*p up.


35 posted on 10/02/2018 12:53:13 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: lurk

One would have expected a slime piece like this years ago. The Times is slowing down.

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The other day there was an article saying the Rats plan to get Trump’s tax records if they retake Congress. So this is all being coordinated by the dirtbags.


36 posted on 10/02/2018 12:53:22 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Reno89519

The midterms draw near and the MSM begins to double down on it’s mudslingling.


37 posted on 10/02/2018 12:53:34 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: halfright

He’s back from commercial apologizing for the commercial break that makes his masters rich and pays his salary. No he is repeating it all—dodging taxes, sham corporations...


38 posted on 10/02/2018 12:53:35 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: litehaus

Democrats?


39 posted on 10/02/2018 12:54:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Reno89519

The Trumps appear to hate paying taxes almost as much as Bernie Sanders does.


40 posted on 10/02/2018 12:54:47 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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