https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...ida-rally.html
On the campaign trail and while he was in the White House, former President Donald Trump repeatedly said he was smart for paying as little taxes as possible. And he often bragged about knowing the tax code so well that he could use it to his advantage. In a 2017 interview with the New York Times, for example, Trump bragged: “I know the details of taxes better than anybody. Better than the greatest C.P.A.” It was quite a different story Saturday night in Florida, where Trump held his second rally since leaving office.
Thousands of Trump’s supporters braved the rain to hear the former president speak mere days after the Manhattan district attorney’s office unveiled criminal charges against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. The charges center on allegations that taxes weren’t paid on numerous benefits that Weisselberg and other Trump Organization executives received. Trump addressed those charges on Saturday night, appearing to acknowledge the existence of tax schemes but claiming it was all very confusing and no one really understands what’s allowed anyway.