Investigators from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance launched a review this week after a Tuesday New York Times article claimed that Donald Trump and his family had engaged in fraudulent tax activities for decades. The White House said that the report was "misleading". James Gazzale, a spokesperson for the tax agency, released a statement saying that the department would be "vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation." The Times article alleges that Trump, his father, Fred Trump, and his siblings used various methods to evade paying pesky taxes on their fortune. The findings are based on thousands of confidential documents such as bank statements, accounting ledgers and financial audits obtained from former employees and advisers who worked with Fred Trump. Striking at 45's image of being a self-made billionaire, the Times revealed that Trump had never just received a "small loan of a million dollars" from his father to kickstart his businesses.