What if a rogue IRS employee leaked all of Trump's tax returns?

[bluestateguy]

Now that would be illegal, and he/she would be arrested, but the cat would be out of the bag. I could see it happening, especially if the Russians keep up their leaks.

[and I could see Obama pardoning such a person on his way out in January, anyway]

[yeoman6987]

1. His tax returns are volumes of so its been reported.

Maybe an overview of what he made each year and the tax percentage.

[63splitwindow]

2. IMAGINE the size of the Go Fund Me account for legal defense! nt

[bluestateguy]

4. That's a good point too

and Obama could just pardon him/her on January 19, as a final middle finger to the Trumpers.

[Rex]

3. The funny thing is, he can release his tax returns anytime he wants to.

The fact that he says the IRS won't let him is a huge red flag in my book.

[63splitwindow]

5. Don the Con spouts new shit contiuously...

to divert attention from the previous shit he spewed. Continuously, forever, whether con man in business or as President of the United States. Sooner or later everything will collapse. We HAVE to make sure he is not in the White House when that day comes.

Those tax returns must be SO DAMAGING that he will risk it all to not disclose them. This needs to continue to be a major and recurring campaign theme.

[Sgent]

6. Agreed

The IRS doesn't give two shits if he releases his tax return. In addition, there is no legitimate reason for him not to release them -- his adversary in the audit is the IRS, who presumably already has copies of his tax return.

[Rex]

9. He just likes to lie and lie and lie.

Eventually his mouth will get him in trouble with the IRS.

[former9thward]

8. He has never said the IRS will not let him.

He has said his attorneys have told him not to.

Legal Experts Side With Trump; It Would Be Crazy to Release His Taxes During Audit

http://lawnewz.com/politics/legal-experts-side-with-trump-it-would-be-totally-stupid-to-release-his-taxes-during-audit/

[Lee-Lee]

7. It all depends on what is in them how it plays- it could backfire

If they are full of damming stuff, then it would be epic.

If they are not full of damming stuff or even just a little damming stuff it would probably backfire as Trump would spin it as the "crooked IRS working for crooked Hillary" against him and paint it as corruption and the IRS being used politically. That narrative is already out there despite no actual wrongdoing being found by the IRS in the whole teabagger mess, but it would play into that. And since people already hate the IRS this would probably backfire.