>It feels like that part of the story is the bigger deal.

You think that is the bigger deal? I suppose it is a variant of doxing, but it doesn't look like the NYT is going to post the actual returns, just their interpretation.

Yes, it's a big deal, because one of Trump's favorite tactics is to "leak" something through "anonymous sources" that later falls apart in a spectacularly-public way, leaving egg on the journalists' faces and Trump looking like the legitimate victim of a smear campaign.

The time for "anonymous sources" is over. No more. Back up the information, or don't publish.

Didn't they also post their interpretation of American history recently?

Yes. With the 1619 project not only did the times publish work by a writer with a history of racism (https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/25/in-racist-screed-nyts-1...), but they also ignored their own fact checkers (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/06/1619-proje...).

Maybe I exaggerated a bit but for me they rob the impact of the story when others can be concerned about how the information was gained. Also it sets a bad precedent for when the dems are in power. * depending on how the information. Was gained *. And at the end of the day the information really is t anything that is all that shocking - it’s what I have (and many have) expected all along

I am reminded of the joke, "Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

I know how the information was gained: someone leaked it! I am surprised it took this long.

Was it an IRS employee who leaked it in violation of federal law? Was it someone at the accounting firm Trump uses? Maybe we will find out some day, maybe not.

To me the most amazing revelation is that he got paid nearly HALF-A-BILLION for the Apprentice! I really think we should start taxing our OTA networks for their use of the public airwaves, if they have that much $$ to throw around.

Agreed about the apprentice, that’s quite a bit.

I was wrong, he only earned $197.3 million from the Apprentice.

There was $230 million in "Endorsement and licensing deals that followed the show’s debut"

So it is not like NBC paid him half a billion. It was only 1/5th of a billion.

I think that is unclear at the moment and the NYT is not revealing it's source according to this[1]. It says they are declining to provide the tax filings to protect their sources at the bottom.

[1]: https://apnews.com/article/archive-personal-taxes-donald-tru...

I saw that part too which was concerning to me. I hope it comes to light and that it is in a legal manner. I am concerned about precedent setting.

There’s already precedent, mentioned in the article. Nixon’s returns.

Are you uncomfortable with the method of finding the truth? I may not agree with specific methods used but if credible then the guilty are guilty.

I trust the courts, even if it’s taking a long time to come out seems pretty close to it coming out in New York.

Yeah, imagine someone did this to Obama or the Clinton Foundation.... The mediatic outrage would be unmeasurable

What are you suggesting? Growing up I was always told where there’s smoke there’s fire and this administration looks like it’s been smoldering since 2016.

You mean, they released the tax information that Obama already publicly released?

As I recall, the right wing had a field day with Bill Clinton’s tax write-offs. $2 for donating used underwear to charity! https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/16/us/clinton-taxes-laid-bar...

> It feels like that part of the story is the bigger deal.

and I imagine people saying just that is why they avoid all mention: they don’t want that to become the story, because that’s how strategists deflect the attention from the actual headlines.

Exactly and that’s why I’m concerned about it because it robs the content of its full impact.