This just in: The @nytimes obtained Trump’s tax records nytimes.com/interactive/20…
If you paid more than $750 in federal income taxes in 2015 and 2016, you paid more than the sitting tycoon president of the United States in those years, the Times reports.
The same reportedly would be true if you paid a penny in 10 of the 15 prior years.
Flagging for Turkey-watchers.
Like the Pulitzer Prize-winning story accusing Trump of fraud, this barnburner by @susannecraig and others is a long read—filled with revelations.
Reading and digesting now.
Bookmarking: The investigation on Trump’s failed hotel deal in Azerbaijan and Trump Towers Istanbul.
Background on the Azerbaijan story by @adamdavidson newyorker.com/magazine/2017/…
“The president’s conflicts have been most evident with Turkey, where his business community and the authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have not hesitated to leverage various Trump enterprises to their advantage.”
In a 2015 radio interview early in his campaign, Trump told Steve Bannon that his Trump Towers Istanbul was a “conflict of interest.”
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