U.S. House committee releases Trump tax returns he sought to keep secret. Which should have been considered an illegal act.
The Democrats in the US House of Representatives made a bogus claim that they, as part of their oversight obligations, needed Trump to turnover his tax information for analysis. Democrats even convinced the US Supreme Court to uphold their unjustified demands for his tax returns even-though Trump had completed some-other public disclosure documents that were required by law and which essentially duplicated the information contained in Trump's tax returns.
Reuters wrote
Aside from the returns themselves, the release did not contain much new. In response, ...
Trump's tax data will now be available for in-depth investigations by journalists, independent tax experts and others during the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, and could shed light on Trump's wealth, his businesses' performance and how he reduced his tax liability.
In the end, despite all the hyperbolic drama and angst by the Democrat's in demanding that Trump's tax returns be released, this turned out to be a "
nothing burger". As with the Muller Report, the Democrats, journalists, and independent tax experts found nothing of consequence. Their attempt to smear Trump failed.
Reuters, to demonstrate left wing virtue signalling wrote:
The records show that Trump's income and tax liability fluctuated dramatically from 2015 through 2020, during his first presidential bid and subsequent term in office. He and his wife claimed large deductions and losses, and paid little or no income tax in several of those years.
The meaningless comment above could also be made for all billionaires. Jeff Bezos, who evidently supports left wing causes through the Washington Post, according to various newspaper articles has not paid or has paid little income tax. Like Trump, Bezos is a billionaire. Yet Reuters goes out of its way to taint Trump.
