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For more than a half-century, Donald Trump proved himself a master at evading law enforcement, using techniques that the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, his mentor, taught him.
The Supreme Court fight over Donald Trump’s tax returns has pushed his accounting firm into the limelight. In various episodes over 30 years, partners — including the CEO — have run into trouble for fraud, misconduct or malpractice.
Doesn't block the enforcement of a grand jury subpoena. investigative reporter david cay johnston is one of the very few to uncover any of the president's tax returns. he joins me along with cnn legal analyst shan wu. >> david, if this decision stands, you say president trump could have a serious problem once a manhattan grand jury gets the tax documents. what do you believe they could show? >> well, donald lost two income tax fraud trials, and in one of those trials, the tax return introduced in the case was shown to his longtime, now retired tax preparer, jack mitnick, who testified that was...
Years and they'll know how to look at the returns and find out what needs to be put in the public record. >> they're wanting to talk to trump organization executive. >> and the long time cfo of the trump organization is at least a partially cooperating witness. michael cohen has given them information and donald has a long history of, you know, cheating, lying under oath, presenting false documents, not just in the tax case but many others. there's a wonderful story of how the city of new york went after him when he tried to cheat the city out of about $2.5 million a year and the auditors woul...
Experts. the main question being whether the president and his business are benefits from public office. joining me now is pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter and tax and accounting executive david cay johnston. author of "the making of donald trump." thank you so much for being with us. you have investigated and written extensively about president trump and his business dealings. why do you think he is fighting so hard to keep his returns private? >> because they're going to show that donald is a tax cheat. in 1984, donald had two trials. they were civil trials, but that were tax fr...