NYT columnist to IRS: Break the law, leak Trump’s tax info
On Sunday, the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof responded to a tweet by Matthew Yglesias, and encouraged IRS employees to commit a felony by leaking Pres. Donald Trump’s tax returns, Breitbart.com reported Tuesday morning.
“But if you’re in IRS and have a certain president’s tax return that you’d like to leak, my address is: NYT, 620 Eighth Ave, NY NY 10018,” Kristof wrote.
But if you're in IRS and have a certain president's tax return that you'd like to leak, my address is: NYT, 620 Eighth Ave, NY NY 10018. https://t.co/ujYe100Tn9
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 6, 2017
According to Katherine Rodriguez:
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Kristof, who writes about global affairs for the Times, responded to a Twitter post from Vox.com executive editor Matthew Yglesias, who said that “it’s impressive that the IRS never leaks”:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/838554230529089536
According to the IRS Internal Revenue Manual, the “unauthorized release” of a tax return is a felony punishable by a $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison.
Leakers would also face professional sanctions, including termination of employment.
Trump has not released his tax returns, claiming they are under audit.
Naturally, Kristof got hammered on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PruneHamp/status/838563170448994307
https://twitter.com/SSNjl/status/838557569673146369
https://twitter.com/CaptMarne/status/838561784973897728
https://twitter.com/CaptMarne/status/838579945240670209
The Hill added:
Releasing an individual’s unauthorized tax returns is a felony. While reporters who publish illegally obtained information that they did not solicit are traditionally not prosecuted, the legal picture becomes less clear if the reporters are involved in the leaking of the information.
“It shall be unlawful for any person to whom any return or return information (as defined in section 6103(b)) is disclosed in a manner unauthorized by this title thereafter willfully to print or publish in any manner not provided by law any such return or return information,” according to the U.S. code on unauthorized disclosure of information.
“Any violation of this paragraph shall be a felony punishable by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution,” the law reads.
The Harvard-educated Kristof has covered global affairs for the paper since 2001.
You’d think that after more than 15 years, Kristof would know better… Or maybe he just doesn’t care…
Related:
- NY Times headline from Inauguration Day cites Obama Administration’s wiretapping of Trump
- NYT, CBS incites violence against Trump official, shows Stephen Miller’s head on pike
- Do liberals really want a second bloody civil war over Donald Trump?
- BLM activist in Seattle: ‘We need to start killing people, start killing the White House’
- CNN: Assassinating Trump could keep Obama regime in power
If you haven’t checked out and liked our Facebook page, please go here and do so.
And if you’re as concerned about Facebook censorship as we are, go here and order this new book: