14 questions for Mr. Trump by David Cay Johnston

[Madam45for2923]

5. On your presidential disclosure form, you value your Westminster Golf Club at more than $50 million; you told property tax authorities it was worth only $1.3 million. You claim your Palos Verdes, Calif., golf club is worth more than a quarter-billion dollars. For tax purposes, you claim it’s only worth $10 million. How do you justify this?

6. In 1983, you were among those named in sales tax fraud at the Bulgari store on Fifth Ave. You bought $65,000 worth of jewelry and evaded the tax by having empty boxes mailed out of state. Mayor Ed Koch said at the time that you and other customers should be jailed for 15 days as tax criminals. Should this fraud disqualify you from becoming President? If not, explain why.

7. When you had a New Jersey casino license, the man who supplied your helicopters for high-rollers and managed your personal helicopter, the Ivana, was indicted as a major drug trafficker. After Joseph Weichselbaum confessed, you wrote a letter pleading for a light sentence, describing the drug trafficker as “conscientious, forthright and diligent” and “a credit to the community.” Why?

8. State court papers identify you as the person who authorized an alleged quarter-billion tax fraud involving Trump SoHo hotel profits through a reorganization involving an Icelandic bank and a Russian oligarch. What prompted you to authorize the deal that is now alleged to be a tax fraud?

9. You were party to more than 4,000 lawsuits, many of them brought by workers and small businesses who say you refused to pay for services rendered and by investors who say you swindled them. What conclusion should Americans draw from the sheer number of lawsuits, especially when you settled many on the condition that court files be sealed?

14 questions for Mr. Trump to answer in Monday's big debate
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/david-cay-johnston-14-questions-mr-trump-article-1.2803885

Also check David Cay Johnston twitter:

https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

and check the 2016 book he wrote on Trump: The Making of Donald Trump:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Donald-Trump-David-Johnston/dp/1612196322

[BarbaRosa]

1. All good questions,

but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for answers.

[Madam45for2923]

2. I know but it is still good information for us to know.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Johnston has been sued by Trump for his reporting. Unlike anything in 50 years of reporting.

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/5/the_making_of_donald_trump_david

That Politico piece that I wrote, I’ve been an investigative reporter for almost 50 years; I’ve never been lawyered like I was for that piece. And it didn’t have anything that hadn’t been published before. He has intimidated the news organizations, and they’re not willing to talk about that.

That was April. Johnston hasn't stopped investigating and reporting.

[Madam45for2923]

4. Trump's 2 favorite words: Suing & "charity"

[davidcay]

8. WRONG -- I have NOT been sued

Trump threatened to sue me on April 27. He has not done so.

#FactsMatter

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Thank you for the correction. I have great respect for the reporting you do and

... and the interview of you I heard on Democracy Now via a university radio station.

Indeed, facts matter.

[dsc]

10. hey love your work

I have a question for you. I was listening to Ari Rabin Havt on Sirius and he said that reporters told him that they didn't cover Trump's Foundation and other issues because "he isn't going to be President so it doesn't matter". I presume you have asked why you aren't being booked on TV or covered by the Times or Post. Have you been given any reason? If so, what was it?

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Kicking for later perusal

[KeepItReal]

6. Who runs a sales tax scam at a jewelry store?!? That racist bastard, Trump.

Yet again, another instance of this clown avoiding consequences.

The employee that sold him the jewelry got nailed to the wall, though, I'm sure.

[mopinko]

7. campaign disclosure v property tax records.

methinks this is a rich vein.
makes a poor slob like me who just writes a check for what the county tells me to write a check for, feel like pouring beer on my cheerios.