Linkedin co-founder Hoffman offers $5M for Trump’ s tax documents

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, has offered five million dollars to 10  veterans affairs group, if Donald Trump will make public the figures of his income tax return by the date of the final debate between the candidates for the US presidency.

The Hoffman offering ranks in support of Pete Kiernan, a veteran of the Marine Corps who has launched a crowdfunding campaign promising to allocate the money collected to active non-profit organizations in assisting veterans if Trump declare his earnings later, precisely on October 19. The goal is set at US $ 25.000; whether it will be achieved, Hoffman will quintuple the sum raised.

In a post on Medium, an online publishing platform,  Hoffman noted that $5 million is the same amount that Trump himself pledged to donate to charity during the 2012 election if President Obama agreed to his request to release college records and passport documents.

"There is no reason why Trump keep it confidential – said Hoffman – If not to use its returns as a bargaining chip." Only a few days ago, the Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has made available 20 million to help the campaign of the Democrats.

"Given Trump's vocal support of veterans, I imagine he will recognize the great good that can come from Kiernan's proposal," Hoffman offered in his post. As of this writing, the campaign had raised $50,000 toward a revised goal of $1 million. Representatives for Trump's presidential campaign did not respond to a request for comment.