At the core of the administration’s case is the assertion that the IRS leaked President Donald Trump’s tax returns during his first term, allegedly with the intention of smearing his reputation. As Southern District of New York US Attorney Jay Claton framed it on Thursday, the IRS “intentionally” released Trump’s returns to “embarrass” him while he was a “private citizen”— "they leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him.”But as MSNOW legal analyst and former Southern District of New Y...

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