Trump's income tax documents leaked, $750 paid in federal taxes after US Election 2016 win

In a drastic move that could swing upcoming US Presidential Election, New York Times on Sunday, September 27 reported accessing US President Donald Trump's income tax documents and published a timeline of his finances. publication claims to have Trump's tax return data extending over two decades and made public some astonishing information that could prove to be highly damaging to US President's re-election bid.    

According to NYT, Trump paid federal income taxes in 10 of past 15 years, largely because he reported losing much more money than he made. 

While former US Presidents have t withheld ir tax information, Donald Trump is only US President to have fought a tooth and nail battle to screen his tax filings from public scrutiny. report furr added that Trump just paid $750 in federal taxes year he was elected (2016) and $750 again in his first year in White House. publication has promised more stories in coming weeks.

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Trump adopts 'fake news' rhetoric 

In an editorial te before Trump's tax information articles were published, NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet said, "We are publishing this report because we believe citizens should understand as much as possible about ir leaders and representatives." 

disclosure comes just two days ahead of first presidential debate and weeks before decisive US Election 2020. Incidentally, Trump was speaking to media at White House when NYT article was published and when asked about to comment on same, US President brush it aside as 'fake news' and claimed to have paid "a lot of state income tax". 

Alan Garten, a Trump Organisation lawyer, is reported to have told NYT that “most, if t all, of facts appear to be inaccurate.” In his statement, Garten added that US president “has paid tens of millions of dollars in personal taxes to federal government, including paying millions in personal taxes since anuncing his candidacy in 2015.”

(Im Credits: AP File)

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