Trump Furious as Tax Returns Leaked to New York Times

“Trump’s tax auditors committing suicide? Sounds suspicious to me. Maybe the Russians did Trump another favor,” tweeted Hillary Clinton.

WASHINGTON, DC — The New York Times has published the personal tax returns of President Donald Trump, precipitating a media frenzy on both sides of the American political spectrum.

President Trump himself immediately threatened to sue the Times in a furious multi-part tweet: “The failing New York Times will deeply regret the day they illegally published my totally perfect, error-free, tax returns.”

An anonymous whistle-blower — reported to be a long-time CIA agent on assignment in the White House — delivered them to the New York Times. The Times devoted a full, two-page spread to an analysis of Trump’s returns, putting the raw returns themselves in PDF format online.

Times editor Kane Bernstein said: “We couldn’t publish Trump’s entire tax returns in our print or online editions. While Trump’s tax returns are shorter than The Pentagon Papers they are still longer than The Unabomber Manifesto — and just as upsetting.”

According to the Times report, the highlights of Trump’s tax returns include:

• Trump submitted IRS Calculation Worksheets that included gratuitous taunts at IRS officials, as well…