The NYT Says Trump Paid Little In Income Taxes; What Does That Mean For The Campaign?

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🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A New York Times investigation published on Sunday said that President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes each year in 2016 and 2017, which the president denied at a news conference using a familiar retort: "fake news."

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, senior editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Amanda and I'm currently in free port Illinois, visiting the debate site of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas,
0:07.1	and reflecting on our history while looking ahead to our own presidential debates this year.
0:11.9	This podcast was recorded at...
0:14.0	209 PM on Monday, September 28th.
0:16.8	And things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:19.6	Okay, here's the show.
0:21.1	I'm sure Amanda that she's not the only one looking forward to some presidential debates this week.
0:29.0	Yes!
0:29.7	Lincoln Douglas style.
0:31.3	Yeah.
0:32.8	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:35.2	I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:36.8	And I'm Ayesir Asko, I cover the White House.
0:39.4	And we have MPR's chief economic correspondent and long time friend of the pod,
0:43.9	Scott Horsley. Hey Scott.
0:45.2	Great to be with you.
0:46.3	So President Trump's tax returns have largely been hidden from the American public.
0:50.8	Until now, the New York Times published an investigation on Sunday saying,
0:55.3	among many, many other things, that President Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes
1:02.2	in 2016 and 2017.
1:04.7	The Times obtained about two decades worth of information from Trump's tax returns.
1:10.4	MPR has not independently confirmed the New York Times report.
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