“There is something he is hiding,” the former secretary of state claimed. “Maybe he doesn’t want the American people . . . to know that he’s paid nothing in federal taxes, because the only years that anybody’s ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn’t pay any federal income tax.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n“That makes me smart,” Trump rebutted.<\/p>\n
But immediately following the debate, the Republican candidate told reporters, “Of course I’ve paid federal taxes,” a remark that seemingly contradicted what he said an hour earlier.<\/p>\n
Trump’s tax controversy becoming a center topic in the presidential election plays directly into Clinton’s hand. Instead of discussing her controversial decisions as secretary of state in regards to Benghazi and the subsequent rise of ISIS, Clinton has managed to move the conversation towards Trump and away from her own red herrings.<\/p>\n
‘Tax Returns for Emails’ Swap<\/h2>\n
Trump has claimed that an ongoing IRS audit prevents him from releasing his returns, though some tax experts have said that isn’t factual. He’s also said that his attorneys have advised him against publicizing the records.<\/p>\n
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However, the Republican says he is willing to release the returns, even now against advice of counsel, but only on the condition that Clinton produces the 33,000 emails she is said to have deleted from her private email server. Clinton claims the emails were not work-related, but the FBI later discovered that classified information was stored on the non-government server.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
FBI Director James Comey recommended to US Attorney Loretta Lynch that criminal charges not be brought against Mrs. Clinton, and none were.<\/p>\n
Anti-online gambling proponent Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has been on a crusade to learn more about Clinton’s emails, however. The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) author has subpoenaed IT employees who worked on the server.<\/p>\n
But adding to the controversy, this week the FBI granted immunity to five Clinton aides, a move that Chaffetz called out in a televised tirade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump’s tax returns have become a key talking point in the 2016 presidential election. They’re almost as talked-about as Hillary Clinton’s health issues and email scandals. And with less than 40 days until Americans head to the polls to choose their next president, many would like to see what kind of tax rate Trump […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":40344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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