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Did Weaponized IRS Leak Trump's Tax Returns?
American Thinker ^ | October 4, 2016 | Daniel John Sobieski

Posted on 10/04/2016 2:22:36 AM PDT by Kaslin

This idea will be immediately dismissed in some quarters as just another conspiracy theory concocted by the vast right wing but it is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Several items lend credence to the idea that the IRS has once become an arm of the political left targeting conservatives.

Could it really be just coincidence that Hillary Clinton focused on Trump’s failure to release his tax returns, surmising that the reason might be he hasn’t been paying any taxes, just days before the New York Times printed pages from his 1995 return showing a loss that “may have” allowed him to not pay taxes for the next 18 years? Was this Hillary’s “October surprise” for Trump?

Here is what Hillary surmised during the first presidential debate:

So you've got to ask yourself, why won't he release his tax returns? And I think there may be a couple of reasons. First, maybe he's not as rich as he says he is. Second, maybe he's not as charitable as he claims to be.

Third, we don't know all of his business dealings, but we have been told through investigative reporting that he owes about $650 million to Wall Street and foreign banks. Or maybe he doesn't want the American people, all of you watching tonight, to know that he's paid nothing in federal taxes, because the only years that anybody's ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn't pay any federal income tax.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; hillaryrottenclinton; irs; taxes; trump
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1 posted on 10/04/2016 2:22:36 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

since assange basically weaseled out tonight, the october surprise was on us, the tax returns.

always better to release things on your own and get the narrative out early.

i wondered when/if his records would be released illegally.

bad advice from managers to not release it months ago

but it’s done. time to move forward


2 posted on 10/04/2016 2:25:56 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Kaslin

People at the IRS should go to prison.


3 posted on 10/04/2016 2:26:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Kaslin

No republic can survive the destruction of its civil society and rule of law. The democrat party works to obliterate both.


4 posted on 10/04/2016 2:44:22 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: nickcarraway; MinuteGal

Assange was a total bust. So much for any October surprise for our side of the equation. And I’ll bet Hillary & Co. has more October surprises waiting for us on their side. Like one surprise a week between now and election day. Bah humbug.


5 posted on 10/04/2016 2:47:09 AM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS!)
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To: Kaslin

These were NEW YORK STATE tax documents, weren’t they? I guess the IRS may have leaked them, as sometimes state taxes are part of the filing process for federal.

But I would suspect the corrupt New York state officials of this action.

Frankly, I think this crap is backfiring on the Demon Rats.


6 posted on 10/04/2016 2:47:46 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Kaslin
What's missing from this tax analysis.....The fact that he didn't MAKE money and not pay taxes....He was credited with a loss for INVESTING money in the system.

The analysis folks are full of cr**.

7 posted on 10/04/2016 3:00:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (that's)
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To: Kaslin

We have the most corrupt government in the history of our nation, that includes the IRS.


8 posted on 10/04/2016 3:05:55 AM PDT by stockpirate (OBAMA MUST BE ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.)
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To: Kaslin
Several items lend credence to the idea that the IRS has once become an arm of the political left targeting conservatives.

Did not the Clinton Administration have boxes of FBI files? Is not that the Clinton Crime family's modus operandi to use government agencies against conservatives?

Is not the IRS an arm of the Obama regime?

9 posted on 10/04/2016 3:17:28 AM PDT by olezip
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To: olezip

“Several items lend credence to the idea that the IRS has once become an arm of the political left.......”

IS THERE ANY DOUBT? (Sorry for shouting)


10 posted on 10/04/2016 3:24:27 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Kaslin
Did Weaponized IRS Leak Trump's Tax Returns?

Considering they were state returns and not federal, probably not.

11 posted on 10/04/2016 3:40:39 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

The same bunch that “leaked” Mitt Romney’s tax info to Harry Reid in the last election?


12 posted on 10/04/2016 3:49:32 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: Kaslin

The only problem with the massive Clinton-Obama-Democrat criminal corruption is that no one ever is held accountable. No one ever is indicted or goes to jail.


13 posted on 10/04/2016 4:01:33 AM PDT by Avalon Memories
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To: Kaslin

A few thoughts on Wiki Leaks.

Assange has been turned into a weapon to be used by whoever sends him information. The information may already be edited before he gets it. Although this has worked in the favor of conservatives this round, it may not next round. The liberals will have plenty of time and money to create false information and then launder it through Wiki Leaks. What is happening here is very dangerous. This is the true double edged sword that cuts both ways.


14 posted on 10/04/2016 4:05:46 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (`)
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To: DoodleDawg
"Considering they were state returns and not federal, probably not."

Not impossible that Trump released them!

Nothing in them that Trump didn't talk about at the beginning of his TV show, that Trump didn't write about in his book, and that the New York Times didn't write about 20 years ago. Same deduction that the Clintons and the New York Times have taken.


15 posted on 10/04/2016 4:07:35 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Sacajaweau; All
"The analysis folks are full of cr**."

Yes they are. Kudlow was on Hannity yesterday and I caught most of it as Kudlow went into the who, what, when, where, why, of the Tax Code change post 86' that allowed DJT to utilize this loss carry forward.

I didn't get it all so I won't bore you with the details if I don't have them down pat.

But....

MY CPA gnome has been reading Hillary's tax returns and found references to holdings in "Huffington" ( Huffpo ) and some foreign income that was interesting while she was SOS.

More later this week when I get a briefing as too her findings...

We need Fr-er CPA's to get on this, and look at the Clinton's tax returns...

16 posted on 10/04/2016 4:12:44 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: Kaslin

I hope someone in the Trump campaign is making a list of all the illegal crap that is going on and preserving evidence and, not only will the officials get fired, but prosecuted.


17 posted on 10/04/2016 4:14:23 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: dp0622

Exposes how criminal the media and democrats are in pulling out all the stops to deter voters from choosing Trump...Trump in a historic landslide.


18 posted on 10/04/2016 4:18:39 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Jacquerie
No republic can survive the destruction of its civil society and rule of law. The democrat party works to obliterate both.

I was thinking about this in the context of the 'Rat support of massive, unchecked, illegal immigration. If the 'Rats destroy the Republic bequeathed to us by the Founders, what will they replace it with? Two choices come to mind. The first is an ochlocracy, which will keep the 'Rats in power forever because the illegals will overwhelm the system with their votes. The second is a dictatorship, in which the illegals, in league with the radical militants already in place (imagine Black Panthers at polling places with clubs, BLM, SJW, Occupy Fill-In-The-Blank), keeping the populace in line with thuggery, threats, and murder.

19 posted on 10/04/2016 4:26:14 AM PDT by chimera
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To: SoFloFreeper

I have no idea if they were or not, but a reader in the reply section says they were.


20 posted on 10/04/2016 4:26:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
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