Is a Crook Hiding in Donald Trump’s Taxes?

It’s Just Business

Jody Kriss may be no Boy Scout, but his contract with Trump called for him to get 10 percent on the Donald’s SoHo hotel. He says he hasn’t received a dime.

Published Aug. 11 2016 1:00AM EDT

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Donald Trump calls the Trump SoHo tower in lower Manhattan an architectural marvel. The real marvel is what happened to the profits, which vanished from America thanks to a deal with a corrupt Icelandic investment company with ties to Russian oligarchs—all under an arrangement that Trump himself approved.

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Is a Crook Hiding in Donald Trump’s Taxes?

Jody Kriss may be no Boy Scout, but his contract with Trump called for him to get 10 percent on the Donald’s SoHo hotel. He says he hasn’t received a dime.

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