I don’t think anyone in the IRS released the form.
If you look carefully, the second page has “client copy” stamped on it where Trump’s signature would have been. This indicates that they came from Trump’s accountant’s office, or from within the Trump organization itself.
Those who are suggesting that Trump trolled Maddow may well be correct.
And, if indeed Trump released the form to someone (e.g. the person Maddow got the form from), that doesn’t necessarily mean that consent was given to publish the form.
Unless more facts emerge that change my opinion, I still think that Maddow committed a felony.
Disseminating a copy of a tax document to another party is not consent to publish, there is information contained in the document that is private, not public. Consent to publish would need to be expressly provided by the person or other legal entity whose private information was contained in the tax document.
Unless more facts emerge that change my opinion, I still think that Maddow committed a felony.
Yep!!!