Page 37 - Tax Issues News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Came from the president so he didn't violation campaign finance law because a candidate is allowed to contribute as much as he wants to his campaign. however, number one, there's potential reporting violations. and number two, everybody in that stream of commerce there, all these intermediaries, all these funnels entities, are potentially in violation of campaign finance law too. in addition to that, you have potential tax issues. if this was paid without getting the proper tax documentation and paying proper taxes on a payment. it wasn't a gift. we know that. so it was a payment in return for...

Wonder a little bit how extreme we've gone in the space of about 12 hours with these allegations. >> this is one person's fault. it's donald trump's fault. you say that about vetting but you know, as a political professional, how many people reach very high offices and then are promoted into a cabinet secretary role or to work in an administration and suddenly you find out things that voters back home, if they're a member of the house or senate, didn't know, and you're just at a much higher level, and that's why the vetting is so important. think of tom dashel when he had to withdraw because h...

Not going to be the v.a. secretary. but some of it does make you wonder a little bit how extreme we've gone in the space of about 12 hours with these allegations. >> this is one person's fault. it's donald trump's fault. you say that about vetting but you know, as a political professional, how many people reach very high offices and then are promoted into a cabinet secretary role or to work in an administration and suddenly you find out things that voters back home, if they're a member of the house or senate, didn't know, and you're just at a much higher level, and that's why the vetting is so...

Including possibly with donald trump. and they also don't know where the federal investigators are headed with all of this. they sort of vaguely understand that there's some tax issues and bank fraud involved, but it's unclear exactly what the investigators are after in terms of sifting through cohen's records. >> jennifer, i need help deciphering something that happened in our last hour. on lawrence o'donnell's broadcast tonight, mr. avenatti, who represents stormy daniels, said something about court papers and sean hannity's name, and i'm not being cute. i really don't know what he's alludin...

The moment those raids happened on monday because they just simply don't know what those records are. they have very little visibility into anything pertaining to these investigations, but especially with the cohen matter. they don't know what sort of documents may have been seized at the house or the office. they don't know what sort of electronic recordings there might be. that's important because cohen, as "the washington post" reported a few days ago, has been known to record a lot of his private conversations, including possibly with donald trump. and they also don't know where the federa...