A lawyer for Mr Trump asked the judge to impose the strictest penalty for the criminal "atrocity".

A former US tax worker has pleaded guilty to the unauthorised leak of ex-president Donald Trump’s personal tax records to news organisations.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
    810·
    10 months ago

    Why the hell would it? There is no legal requirement for a presidential candidate to provide tax returns. And there is a huge difference between voluntarily disclosing your own tax returns and an IRS agent exposing somebody else’s returns.

    • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
      21·
      10 months ago

      Moral obligation. Ethical obligation… NO, WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAW HERE. TAKE THE COUNTRY AND PUT IT IN THE BAG!