Author: David Cay Johnston

He Promised ‘The Best People,’ But Admits He Picked ‘Losers’

First Indication that Weisselberg Indictment Affects Trump Organization Operations

Trump Tries Raising Money in His Fight to Force Social Media Companies to Let Him Spew His Bile America’s panhandler in chief, Donald Trump, just proved beyond all doubt that he has no idea what is in the Constitution he took an oath to defend. Trump today sent me and millions of others a text begging for money to finance federal lawsuits filed in Florida against Facebook, Google, Twitter and their chief executive officers for “UNCONSTITUTIONAL CENSORSHIP.” Trump is, at least for now, banned from their platforms for breaking their rules. Had Trump ever read the First Amendment, he would…

Responding to the New York Indictments, Trump Declares He Should Be Allowed to Break Whatever Law He Wants

DCReport has uncovered a secret IRS tax favor for the super-rich—authorized when Donald Trump was president—that will take effect on Thursday, July 1. President Joe Biden can stop it with one phone call. Will he? The Biden White House was unaware of this Trump tax favor—disguised as a crackdown on wealthy tax cheaters—when DCReport asked about it on Friday. That’s not surprising because the IRS remains under the control of Charles Rettig, a holdover from the Trump era. Before Trump named him IRS commissioner, Rettig was a Beverly Hills tax lawyer who helped the super-wealthy escape taxes and—if they got…

New Data Show a 99% Drop in Post-Audit Collections; Commissioner Estimates $1 Trillion in Unpaid Taxes 

A New Leak of IRS Data Blows Apart Any Notion that the Super-Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes

New IRS Data Show the Wealthy Grew Even Richer in the Trump Years While the Rest of Us Fell Back

Scary Headlines Aside, We’re Seeing Pent-Up Demand After 15 Months of Covid Lockdowns

It’s Foolhardy to Indulge Idiots Who Flunked Arithmetic and Science