Democrats investigating whether Trump dodged payroll taxes for illegal immigrants at Bedminster golf club
by Colin Wilhelm
| April 04, 2019 08:06 PM
House Democrats seeking President Trump’s tax returns aim to investigate whether his Bedminster, N.J., golf club broke the law in a way that would mirror one of the first political scandals of Bill Clinton’s administration.
Trump’s golf course reportedly employed multiple workers who immigrated to the U.S. illegally and hid their status. In doing so, it may have failed to pay payroll taxes, a violation of the law.
The same issue tripped up the nomination of Clinton’s first attorney general pick, Zoe Baird. Baird, the first female nominee for attorney general, hired two illegal immigrants as domestic workers and failed to pay payroll taxes for their labor.
The golf course's handling of payroll taxes one of the myriad of issues congressional Democrats say they want to unpack with their demand for Trump's tax returns, issued this week.
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