A simple Google search led to the biggest scoop of the Trump tax story

Never underestimate the power of a well-worded Google search.

On Tuesday, the New York Times published an expansive investigation that uncovered the complicated, and legally dubious, financial history of the Trump family. It exposed definitively that Donald Trump is not the self-made man that he claims, and that he and his siblings received more than $1 billion from the real power broker of the family, Fred Trump, Donald's father.

In another article, the Times broke down how its journalists uncovered the truth. Reporter Susanne Craig revealed a very interesting detail about the role of a Google search in unearthing one of the biggest scoops of the story.  Read more...