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Saturday, December 03, 2016
 
The New York Times risked legal trouble to publish Donald Trump’s tax return
The New York Times risked legal trouble to publish Donald Trump’s tax return
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Federal law makes it illegal to publish an unauthorized tax return or "return information":
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The Times published the first page of Trump's 1995 New York state resident income tax return, the first page of his New Jersey nonresident tax return and the first page of his Connecticut nonresident tax return.

Under New York law, it is unlawful [...] In New Jersey, [...] shall be guilty [...] Connecticut's law [...] appears not to apply to the Times.
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could also assert a First Amendment defense. In the case of the Pentagon Papers, for example, The Post argued that publication served an important public interest. But those arguments would not be sure winners, experts said.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/02/the-new-york-times-risked-legal-trouble-to-publish-donald-trumps-tax-return/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/02/the-new-york-times-risked-legal-trouble-to-publish-donald-trumps-tax-return

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