Dowd: Trump’s taxes are ‘a really big deal,’ but they won’t have ‘much impact’ on the election

On Oct. 3, 2016, New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd spoke with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric about the recent revelation that Donald Trump may have avoided paying federal income tax for nearly two decades. Dowd said that while the story is a “big deal,” she is unsure about its impact in the race because many angry Trump voters may think, “You need a thief to catch a thief.”