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Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt offers $1 million for info on Mitt Romney’s tax returns
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Flynt specifically wants to see, “tax returns and/or details of his offshore assets, bank accounts and business partnerships,” according to a statement. If the publisher makes that reward in ‘Bitcoin’ and if it’s not a hoax — hackers claim to be holding Mitt Romney’s tax returns hostage for a ransom of $1 million. However, that appears to be a hoax or a badly played out soap opera.
Flynt’s offer will play out in a full-page ad on the Sunday edition of the Washington Post. Another ad will be placed in the Tuesday edition of USA Today.
“What is he hiding?” Flynt asks. “Maybe, now, we’ll find out.”
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I’m not trying to defend Romney here, but this doesn’t sound legal or ethical. At the very least, revealing that information could be thought of as a privacy breach.
No-one asked Mr. Romney to run. For someone seeking public office, serious accusations of (at least) unethical* behaviour mean there is a case to be answered and a legitimate public concern. In this case Mr. Romney can prove a negative quite simply.
* Screwing the IRS and other taxpayers. I consider this far more serious than, say, cheating on one’s spouse.
Remember when Geithner had similar problems?
There was loud howling from Romney’s side.
If Romney is hiding something in the tax returns, the DNC will probably pay more than $1mln to see them released.