NYT columnist Charles M. Blow finds the leak of this particular tax info very suspicious

[highplainsdem]

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Whoever has access to "client copy" of Trump's 2005 tax returns likely has access to others. So why only leak that year's. I smell a rat…

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Even w a mortgage you have to release all pages of a return. Why would the "leaker" only leak the first two pages. Something feels off…

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Also, Trump refused to confirm the negative 1995 taxes published by the NYTimes. BUT, they confirmed these favorable taxes in hours. #fishy

[2naSalit]

1. explains why there's been so much

quiet the past few days, they're running out of ideas and they had to have time to manufacture those alternative facts ya know.

[KittyWampus]

2. If Trump can release half of that year, he can release all of it. And subsequent ones.

74% of Americans want to see his tax returns.

[C Moon]

3. If it was a Trump self-leak, the damage is done. They were putting a stop to Maddow's popularity.

and trying to boost Trump's.
I'm already seeing that it worked (on FaceBook). I'm sure the press will fall in line Wednesday morning—especially the L.A. Times. I hate that newspaper now.

But now we need a TRUE American to release the real taxes.

[Skittles]

12. I guess I do not understand how two pages of a TWELVE YEAR OLD tax return MEAN *ANYTHING*

[grantcart]

4. exactly

[Thekaspervote]

5. It won't in the long run hurt Rachael maddow's ratings

[scheming daemons]

6. In the short run, it hurts her credibility. She over-promised and under-delivered.

[spooky3]

8. I agree. And I am a big fan. But it's a small mistake.

[world wide wally]

7. And those could be forged too

[smirkymonkey]

9. K&R

[gratuitous]

10. Isn't 2005 the first year Donald and Melania filed a joint return?

If that's the case, I would surmise that the 2005 return would be squeaky-clean to avoid any tax or legal unpleasantness that might work against Melania's status as a newly-arrived immigrant to these shores. It's almost as if the leak of part of the 2005 return was done strategically, knowing that this was one of the few legitimate returns Trump has ever filed.

[Honeycombe8]

11. Yep. That does smell fishy. nt

[keithbvadu2]

13. A partial return not verfied by the IRS.

Trump the liar verifies it?

Sounds like a plant, a fake.

[Cha]

14. KR!