Cohen said earlier this month that Donald Trump was afraid for his tax returns to be released publicly over concerns that this would likely show tax fraud.
Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has said that the president"should do 360 years" in prison for tax evasion following claims published byThe disbarred attorney did not hold back on commenting about Sunday'sstory, which alleged that President Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. Thehas not released the documents which form the basis its report to protects its sources, and the information has not been independently corroborated.
Speaking to MSNBC via phone, Cohen said:"I also want to say in 2016 and 2017, while he paid $750, I paid in excess of $3 million in taxes to the IRS, and that's verifiable too. "So if I went to jail for 36 months on tax evasion, which probably should have been tax omission, Donald Trump should do 360 years, based upon the numbers.""In 2016 & 2017, while he paid $750, I paid in excess of $3M in taxes to the IRS... If I went to jail for 36 months on tax evasion, Trump should do 360 years, based upon the numbers."
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