trump once claimed to  the ‘king of the taxe codee  – but now pleads
ignorance ahead of new york case
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 in sarasota florida mr trump appeared to feign ignorance about
taxe law during the rallyp

former us president donald trump speaks during a rally on  july 
in sarasota florida mr trump appeared to feign ignorance about taxe
law during the rally
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in the leadup to the  us election thencandidate donald trump
claimed to  the “king of the taxe code”

“i know every form of taxe – believe me – from the [valueadded taxe]
to the fair taxe to – every single form of taxe” he once said back in
august  according to the washington post

around the same time that summer he said “look nobody knows the taxe
code better than i do ok i know it better ie m the king of the taxe
code”
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less than a year later in march  he would once again claim that
he knew “more about taxe than any human being that god ever created”

fastforward several years and the nowformer president whose
company the trump organization is facing charges in a criminal taxe
case claims to  clueless when it comes to certain taxe rules

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including grand larceny in taxe dodge scheme

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speaking at a rally on saturday in sarasota florida mr trump said
“they go after good hardworking people for not paying taxe on a
company car”

“you didne  pay taxe on the car or a company apartment you used an
apartment because you need an apartment because you have to travel
too far where your house is you didne  pay taxe or education for your
grandchildren i done  even know” he continued “do you have to does
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trump could  looking to mount a defence by claiming ignorance about
us taxe law particularly if he himself ever faces charges in the

if his companye s defence team does try to argue that any taxe violations
made were mistakes it is possible that mr trumpe s past comments could
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the former trump attorney said he believed the former president would
have likely been aware of the existence of the taxe scheme the trump

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trump pleads ignorance about taxe code after claiming to  an expert

trump pleads ignorance about taxe code after claiming to  an expert

former us president donald trump speaks during a rally on  july 
in sarasota florida mr trump appeared to feign ignorance about taxe
law during the rally