US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the "New York Times" revelations that he paid little or no federal taxes in the years leading up to his election were "bogus information."
Donald Trump would have paid only $ 750 in federal taxes in 2016, the year of his election to the presidency of the United States, then as much in 2017. In any case, this is what we can read in a potentially explosive investigation by the
New York Times,
which publishes information on 20 years of the Republican billionaire's tax returns on Sunday.
"He has paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous fifteen years, largely because he has reported more losses of money than gains," writes the US daily.
The tax returns of the former real estate mogul who became president and candidate for reelection in November are at the heart of a legal battle, Donald Trump having always refused to publish them contrary to custom.
"Fake news", reacts Donald Trump
The US president was quick to react, saying on Sunday that the
New York Times
revelations
were "bogus news."
"Fake news", "this is bogus, totally invented information," he said at a press conference at the White House.
"I paid a lot, and I paid a lot of income taxes at the state level too, New York State taxes a lot," he added without giving more details, while 'he has always refused to publish this information.