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<\/p>\nTrump Blasts NBC News for Revealing Tax Return as Journalist Says His Family was Threatened<\/b><\/p>\n
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In an early morning tweet, Donald Trump, who may have been the one to leak his 2005 tax return<\/a>, blasted NBC News for reporting on said return.<\/p>\n Tweeted Trump: \u201cDoes anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, \u201cwent to his mailbox\u201d and found my tax returns? Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, “went to his mailbox” and found my tax returns? @NBCNews<\/a> FAKE NEWS!<\/p>\n \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Meanwhile, David Cay Johnston, the reporter who received the tax return in his mailbox, says that his family was threatened after last night\u2019s Rachel Maddow Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Tweeted Johnston: \u201cTrump fans call<\/a> & harass my wife & 1 of my children after I break story White House confirmed. Sad! Let\u2019s have open debate, not threats.\u201d<\/p>\n Added Johnston in a later tweet: \u201cTo be clear, folks, I don\u2019t intimidate. But calls<\/a> to family are out of bounds, a disturbing sign of how Trump damages civil debate.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump fans call<\/a> & harass my wife & 1 of my children after I break story White House confirmed. Sad! Let’s have open debate, not threats.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) March 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n To be clear, folks, I don’t intimidate. But calls<\/a> to family are out of bounds, a disturbing sign of how Trump damages civil debate.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) March 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Johnston also responded this morning to Trump\u2019s Twitter attack:<\/p>\n Gee, Donald, your White House confirmed my story. POTUS fake Tweet. Sad! t.co\/ibK2ApKI9E<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) March 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Johnston published a report on the return on his website DCReport.org<\/a>. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo: Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Trump Blasts NBC News for Revealing Tax Return as Journalist Says His Family was Threatened<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n@<\/s>NBCNews<\/b><\/a> FAKE NEWS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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