“Former federal prosecutor Stephen Ryan says that the supposed prohibition of publishing Trump’s tax information runs aground of free speech principles. It is of such obvious public interest — showing voters Trump’s financial record, how he comported with tax laws, and his own possible entanglements — that it evokes the very point of the First Amendment, Ryan says.”
This “prosecutor” must be disbarred and jailed immediately. The so-called “free speech principle” he’s braying about here grants journalists and the press special privileges and a quasi-legitimate watchdog function to enable them to sniff out and make the public aware of illegal activities. There is no stated belief by the NYT that this partial (!) tax record is evidence of a crime.
When Trump becomes president, you are going to see an immediate change of tone from these people.
I predict many of them will flee the country rather than remain to face the payback that’s coming.