VET YOURSELF before you WRECK YOURSELF - Dem. Coalition Against Trump "releasing" public court docs and FEC filings, calling them #TRUMPLEAKS, and asking for donations to support their work...but it's just the source material for a September 2016 HuffPo article. (more in comments)

You guys - don't get distracted by this bullshit. I'm fucking pissed.

I am as eager for 45 and as much of his crew to go down as anyone else hanging around here, but you HAVE to approach "news" with a healthy dose of skepticism.

This asshole posted a google drive link last night after hours of teaser tweets saying it's the "largest document leak ever" on Trump. I bite because insomnia. The drive is full of pictures taken in September 2016 of documents filed with the New York County Supreme Court (in NY, this is the trial court - not an appeals court).

You know what's in there? Trump's property tax appeals in 1994-95, 1998, 2000-2002; 2008 motions and stipulations about Trump's request for reimbursement of costs in those appeals; victim impact statement from US v. Schussler (https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/2k2d96q9c/new-york-southern-district-court/usa-v-schussler-et-al/).

I'm an attorney (not your attorney) and have done property tax appeals. It's basically "My property isn't worth as much as you say it is. I should pay fewer property taxes." In many jurisdictions, when you sue a government entity and win, as Trump did on these appeals, government pays costs of filing suit.

So where does the criminal case come in? A 2002 pay to play property tax scandal in NY, resulting in federal charges for a bunch of dicks. See link above. But, basically, gives you a list of corrupt government officials known to be corrupt for 15 years.

So why am I pissed? Because @Funder found these in September, already did the FEC filing search for the names of the criminals, already sent out his press release, https://www.democraticcoalition.org/hevesipaytoplay, and already got his MSM article about having made the connection. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-donations-alan-hevesi_us_57da25b8e4b0071a6e05666b

Calling this "news" is fake news. Calling this a "leak" is opportunistic capitalizing on our emotions. They are disingenuously making you think they're doing "great work" by sharing what they already know and have already shared the same day they're begging for donations.

This is disgusting and they should be ashamed of themselves. Leaks my ass. NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS, just a cash grab. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

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