When New York Times reporter Susanne Craig checked her office mailbox a few days ago, a thin Manila envelope immediately caught her eye. The Times’ story was a rare animal, a bombshell based on a source whose identity is unknown even to people at the news organization that broke the story. The major challenge was authenticating the three pages and placing them in the proper context to understand Trump’s tax strategy at the time, said Dean Baquet, the newspaper’s executive editor. “But who knew?”RelatedThe Times described the documents as the first pages of three filings: a New York state resident income tax return, a New Jersey nonresident tax return and a Connecticut nonresident tax return. Based on Mitnick’s comments and other background material gathered by Barstow, Craig, Twohey and reporter Russ Beuttner, Baquet decided the story was ready for publication.

Source: National Post October 03, 2016 13:21 UTC