Legal scrutiny of Trump reimbursements to Cohen raises tax questions for prosecutors

Susanne Craig, investigative reporter for the New York Times, and Catherine Christian, a former special assistant D.A. in the Manhattan district attorney's office, talk with Alex Wagner about how prosecutors are untangling tax questions surrounding Donald Trump's reimbursements to Michael Cohen of hush money paid to Stormy Daniels. 

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[kerry]

Donald Trump you and your followers brought America to it's knees. But we rise the truth always comes to light we rise waiting democracy endures we rise patience is hard we rise Americans always do what's right we endure we rise we overcome

[dodgytrump]

We can now see why other attorneys are saying Bragg and his team were clever with misdemeanours being elevated to felonies…great move!

[katekelly]

I paid 23% of my income in 2019, that was less than 50k, in taxes, when tbag was saying smart people don't pay taxes...

[calmingnatureshorts]

Hey magats!! 34 felonies!!>>>>Simply, if you delete, alter or make a false entry in the business records of an enterprise and you do so with the intent to defraud, you have run afoul of the misdemeanor crime. If when you do so, you also have the intent to further or conceal another criminal offense, then you have committed the felony crime.

[Optimus]

Most clear explanation why this is felony now, tax related

[stranger]

Donald Trump Running For President, IS Donald Trump Running For Cover!

[oscarthomas]

This was very informative to me in terms of the 101 of the financially philandering and how it correlates to the political aspect of the case to bring it all to a consciously awareness unrealized by so many including myself. As always thank you very much for all of the insightful knowledge Miss Alex from both yourself and your advisory consultant guests. I hope everybody will take advantage of this conversation to obtain a better understanding of the misappropriations involved in this case.
Knowledge is the ability to make informed decisions and educate those around you.

[michaelsotomayor]

Just subscribed! Thank you for not playing trump in your programming!

[katekelly]

the tax rates I've paid on record, as a working class citizen, are more than tbag paid as president. he paid $750 in taxes when I paid the same amount as a penalty for not affording health care.

[andyjohnson]

That's how Capone ended up in the pokey😂😂😂😂

[patronsilver]

Alex needs to chill out on the caffeine, or whatever, she's on.

[Monica-lhlp]

Now we needed money for our judicial system.

[brendajewell-eltg]

So he did the time for what he did and it's time for trump to do his time get it closed

[Monica-lhlp]

Let us get the rich and famous people to pay back into the system. Dismissed all this cases. Sealed.

[scottchurch]

In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the dedicated attorneys who prosecute these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad.
These are their stories.

[truthbombsucanthandle]

Wow. Trump overpaid his taxes.
Lock him up!

[garmanwold]

Attorney General Merrick Garland has certainly made his fear and favor evidentiary in America today ‼️

[gointruth]

"Use the present opportunity to the full, for these are evil days."

[mikehersh]

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[iamdone]

we are not still pretending that this isnt political right?