Megyn Kelly To Trump Advisor: How Can You Answer For Workers He ‘Screwed’?

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Megyn Kelly on Monday pressed Donald Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn to answer for the workers who were “completely screwed” and “hung out to dry” by the real estate mogul in 1995—the year he declared $915 million in losses on tax returns recently uncovered by The New York Times.

Noting that Trump broke no laws by potentially avoiding paying federal income taxes for 18 years by declaring this astronomical loss, the Fox News host said the people dependent on Trump’s business suffered while he benefited.

“What about all of the contractors and stockholders who got completely screwed the year that he lost all of that money?” Kelly asked. “He took advantage of it for years thereafter by not paying taxes, but they were hung out to dry.”

Epshteyn replied that it was “an accepted practice” and noted that General Motors took a loss of $16 billion in 2009.

“But GM is not running for president as a brilliant businessman,” Kelly shot back, noting that Hillary Clinton has used the tax returns as evidence that Trump made a “business model” of corporate excess and “puts his own interests ahead of the country.”

Ephsteyn replied that Trump “made a fortune twice.”

“Did he give it back to the people who got screwed?” Kelly asked.

“He’s made billions of dollars since,” Epshteyn said, arguing that Trump has employed “tens of thousands of people” through his companies.

Kelly twice told Epshteyn that the media wouldn’t have to play guessing games about Trump’s business history if the Republican nominee would just make his tax returns public.

“We would like to just know,” she said. “If he would release the returns, we would just know.”

h/t Mediaite

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  1. Gee wiz . If I didn’t know better I might think that Kelly is not too fond of Donald. She keeps breaking out with a case of serious journalism , which is out of place on the anti-hillary all the time network.

  2. Roger Ailes must be spinning in his grave… (Would that were true.)

    I guess she really is auditioning for another network.

  3. Is this one of those ‘Megyn Moments’ she does every now and again to be able to claim she’s a “fair and balanced,” serious journalist?

    That said (and I meant it), this is exactly what an impartial, inquisitive, professional journalist is supposed to do. Good for you, Ms. Kelly. Please do these ‘moments’ 24/7 – FOX is supposed to be turning a corner and wanting to be a real news channel and all, ya know.

  4. The Long Knives are officially out. Even Fox can read a poll. They’re realizing they can’t drag him over the line to victory.

  5. ***Epshteyn replied that it was “an accepted practice” and noted that General Motors took a loss of $16 billion in 2009. ***

    At the height of the financial collapse not in the middle of economic expansion and one of the most prosperous times in recent history .
    You must be paid a lot to lie with such a straight face. Trump whore

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