[brucedickinson]

First, the leak came from the NY Times, second, Carlos Slim, the worthless Mexican who owns 17% of the paper, used his influence to have them released. Rich people buy newspapers in order to push their goals. Trump has said it was illegal to release the records.

[Alberta's Child]

Trump can say whatever he wants. Unless and until he pursues legal action against the New York Times, I'm going to assume that he's perfectly fine with them running the story -- and maybe even a complicit party.

Think about it ... it covers him perfectly. He can now refuse to release any of his tax returns for good reason: "My lawyers advised me to refrain from releasing any tax returns, because of what the New York Times did."

[Robert DeLong]

Well thanks for the link. I had not heard that the New York Slimes had released these, nor that they had obtained them illegally.

So now make the connection that Carlos Slim is involved in any of that and how he obtained Trump's tax returns illegally. Carlos Slim could be buying a larger interest just to gain influence in an American news outlet.

Just because Carlos Slim hates Trump, that certainly is not a motivation to increase his share in the New York Slimes, because the New York Slimes already attack Trump at every opportunity.