{"id":69997,"date":"2026-05-21T13:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69997"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:39:27","slug":"wtf-is-in-trumps-taxes-that-just-made-his-us-attorney-say-releasing-them-would-destroy-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69997","title":{"rendered":"WTF Is In Trump&#8217;s Taxes That Just Made His US Attorney Say Releasing Them Would &#8216;Destroy&#8217; Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the unprecedented and utterly corrupt settlement that Donald Trump made to shield himself from any tax fraud liability, while rewarding his StormTrumpers and other Trump cultists for their treasonous crimes, Trump&#8217;s propaganda squad has been hitting the media trail to sell this barrel of rotten apples to the public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=WTF Is In Trump's Taxes That Just Made His US Attorney Say Releasing Them Would 'Destroy' Trump?%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69997\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=WTF Is In Trump's Taxes That Just Made His US Attorney Say Releasing Them Would 'Destroy' Trump?%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69997\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-taxes.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34618\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The settlement deal that Trump made was not only corrupt due to the way it granted generous benefits to Trump and his cohorts, but also because he made the deal with himself, since he was both the plaintiff and the defendant in the lawsuit. He was suing the IRS that he presides over. And he agreed to settle with himself on terms that were highly favorable to him. What a surprise. Although he left a little loophole open that Democrats must take advantage of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69981\" target=\"_blank\">DEMOCRATS: Claim Your Share From Trump\u2019s $1.776 Billion \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Slush Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PR campaign that the Trump regime has embarked upon since announcing this settlement is as incompetent as one might expect from the notoriously incompetent Trump camp. And the latest example is the interview given by Trump&#8217;s U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, to CNBC on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to questions about Trump&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Weaponization Slush Fund,&#8221;<\/em> Clayton said that the IRS <em>&#8220;intentionally released&#8221;<\/em> Trump&#8217;s taxes to embarrass Trump. And that that was the reason for the settlement agreement that created a $1.8 billion slush fund for the criminals and traitors loyal to Trump. Clayton summed up saying that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re gonna be talking about this issue in a week because the American people are gonna say, &#8216;Look, they leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mmef5xipco2d\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreif6bizpg3uvpmxjzej3noqeh3sznacwpnkpnw2d552ahhk7jm6bbi\">\n<p lang=\"en\">US attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton defends Trump&#39;s taxpayer-funded J6 slush fund: &#34;I don&#39;t think we&#39;re gonna be talking about this issue in a week because the American people are gonna say, &#39;Look, they leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him. Okay, we resolved that.&#39;&#34;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3mmef5xipco2d?ref_src=embed\">2026-05-21T12:09:13.782Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>First of all, it is a flagrant lie that the IRS intentionally released Trump&#8217;s taxes. In fact, the IRS didn&#8217;t release them at all. They were released by an independent contractor who was working for the IRS during the Trump administration. The contractor was prosecuted and convicted by President Biden&#8217;s Justice Department. So by applying Clayton&#8217;s logic to the facts, it was the Trump administrations that tried to destroy Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the American people are very likely to be talking about this at least until the midterm elections in November. Corruption by the president is a hot topic prior to elections. And Trump has committed more than his share of corruption since his return to the White House. But this time his shameless larceny has even <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/republicans-revolt-trump-1-8-billion-compensation-fund-delay-reconciliation\" target=\"_blank\">drawn the ire of many Republicans<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Clayton&#8217;s assertion that releasing Trump&#8217;s taxes constitutes an effort to <em>&#8220;destroy&#8221;<\/em> him is particularly notable. How would leaking his tax returns, like every other president has done in modern times, destroy Trump? Unless, of course, they proved that he was doing something wrong and possibly illegal. So Clayton is effectively raising suspicions that Trump has broken the law and the evidence is in his tax returns which, therefor, must remain secret.<\/p>\n<p>For good measure, Trump&#8217;s <em>&#8220;acting&#8221;<\/em> Attorney General, Todd Blanche, also sought to defend Trump&#8217;s Slush Fund. In doing so he isn&#8217;t helping his insistence that he isn&#8217;t still <em>&#8220;acting&#8221;<\/em> as Trump&#8217;s personal criminal defense lawyer. Blanche tried to excuse Trump&#8217;s apparent tax fraud during an interview with Paula Reid, CNN&#8217;s chief legal affairs correspondent&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Reid:<\/strong> The New York Times has reported that Trump could have owed up to $100 million because of ongoing audits. So are you saying this is not an effort to help him avoid financial liability?<br \/>\n<strong>Blanche:<\/strong> That&#8217;s the definition of completely made up fake news, and then it becomes real news because they repeat it<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mmdantlpy22n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifna35dh2wofp2c4le7pgrpokjhxzc5ndx2yeltpdsg2pq65uvygq\">\n<p lang=\"en\">REID: The Times has reported that Trump could have owed up to $100 million because of ongoing audits. So are you saying this is not an effort to help him avoid financial liability?BLANCHE: That&#39;s the definition of completely made up fake news, and then it becomes real news because they repeat it<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3mmdantlpy22n?ref_src=embed\">2026-05-21T01:15:58.118Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blanche is parroting Trump&#8217;s whining about the <em>&#8220;fake news&#8221;<\/em> with the same total absence of facts that Trump does. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-settlement-irs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.UMGx.MdEGqjy1htwN\" target=\"_blank\">article in the New York Times<\/a><\/strong> was thorough, well documented, and based largely on Trump&#8217;s actual financial records. So trying to dismiss it all with a cheap talking point isn&#8217;t going to persuade many people that Trump isn&#8217;t a crook.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump and Blanche and Clayton, et al, know all of that. Which is why Trump&#8217;s corrupt settlement deal also included a provision that would <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\/post\/3mmbpuoopxc2z\" target=\"_blank\">prohibit the IRS from auditing Trump<\/a><\/strong>, his family, and his businesses. Why do you suppose that was stipulated in the settlement? What is he so desperate to conceal? An innocent man would be anxious to reveal proof of his innocence. but Trump couldn&#8217;t be acting more guilty if he tried.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69992\" target=\"_blank\">TOTALLY DERANGED: Trump Thinks that If Jesus Counted the Votes, He would Have Won in California<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69988\" target=\"_blank\">BOO HOO: JD Vance Says the Treasonous Rioters Who Beat Cops Don\u2019t Get Any Sympathy \u2013 No, REALLY!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69977\" target=\"_blank\">HUH? Trump\u2019s Acting Attorney General: There\u2019s a Ton of Evidence that the 2020 Election Was Rigged<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the unprecedented and utterly corrupt settlement that Donald Trump made to shield himself from any tax fraud liability, while rewarding his StormTrumpers and other Trump cultists for their treasonous crimes, Trump&#8217;s propaganda squad has been hitting the media trail to sell this barrel of rotten apples to the public. Click here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,8,16],"tags":[554,1140,1099,123,407,1568],"class_list":["post-69997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-irs","tag-justice","tag-taxes","tag-todd-blanche"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-taxes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-icZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57553,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57553","url_meta":{"origin":69997,"position":0},"title":"Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Big Lie&#8217; Lawsuit Against CNN Tossed By Court Because Truth is Not Defamation","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/29\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The most litigious president in American history is unquestionably Donald Trump. He has a penchant for suing anyone and everyone, generally without any legal merit, as a means of retribution and to punish his political enemies for daring to challenge his delusional divinity. Click here to Tweet this article Trump's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump, CNN","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-cnn-fear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-cnn-fear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-cnn-fear.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47872,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=47872","url_meta":{"origin":69997,"position":1},"title":"Trump&#8217;s Desperate Supreme Court Pleas to Steal the Election Only Humiliate Him Further","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/11\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"No one with any measurable judgment is ever going to mistake Donald Trump for an intellectual. His grasp of even the most simplistic concepts is tenuous. After all, Trump is the \"stable genius\" who believes that windmills cause cancer; that stealth fighters are really invisible; that hurricanes can be nuked;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-loser.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-loser.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-loser.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69578,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69578","url_meta":{"origin":69997,"position":2},"title":"Most Americans Are Fed Up With Trump&#8217;s Lies About Taxes and Spending According to Fox News Poll","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/9\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"IT'S TAX TIME! And the American people are contemplating just how much they have suffered during the reoccupation of the White House by America's most affluent authoritarian, Donald Trump. Despite his campaign promises to lower the cost of living on day one, to solve what he called an immigration crisis,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-taxes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-taxes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-taxes.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68555,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68555","url_meta":{"origin":69997,"position":3},"title":"HUH? Trump  Flunky Tells Fox News that Small Businesses Are &#8216;Excited&#8217; to Pay Taxes Thanks to Trump","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/28\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's high time that Trump gets credit where credit is deserved. And truth be told, no president in U.S. history has been as averse to the truth as the current occupant of the White House. His record of flagrantly lying about all matters, great or small, is unsurpassed. And while\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=219"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump, Stock Market","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-stock-market-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-stock-market-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-stock-market-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65065,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=65065","url_meta":{"origin":69997,"position":4},"title":"Trump&#8217;s Nepo-Baby-In-Law, Lara Trump, Hired to Host Primetime Trump-Fluffing Hour on Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/5\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that the 2024 election is in the books, and Donald Trump has returned to pretending he's president, while actually golfing and grifting from his Mar-a-Lago bunker, members of his family cult are resuming their compulsory posts as purveyors of pseudo-populist propaganda. Click here to post this article on Twitter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump Fox News","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60203,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=60203","url_meta":{"origin":69997,"position":5},"title":"Trump-Fluffing Fox News Host Doesn&#8217;t Get It: You Have to Hate Trump to Love America","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/19\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"There has been a barrage of bad news for Donald Trump lately. Last week the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, won a civil lawsuit against Trump that resulted in a $350 million judgment for his having falsified financial statements. That followed a civil judgment of $83 million against him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump Fox News","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69999,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997\/revisions\/69999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}