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"AOC: Did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company?
Cohen: Yes.
AOC: Who else knows that the president did this?
Cohen: Allen Weisselberg (chief financial officer of the Trump Organization), Ron Lieberman (its executive vice president), and Matthew Calamari (its chief operating officer).
AOC: ... Do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them?
Cohen: Yes. And you'd find it at the Trump Org.
AOC: ... The president may have improperly deflated the value of his assets to avoid paying taxes. … Would it help for the committee to obtain federal and state tax returns?
Cohen: I believe so."
Quicker than preparing an instant dessert, Ocasio-Cortez established the House Oversight and Reform Committee's right and the necessity to subpoena Trump's tax filings with the federal government, various states, and municipalities. It is very likely these will reveal documentary proof of tax fraud, insurance fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes.
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