If you say, a politician should only judged by ones public affairs and policies, and the press should not dig into private matters, I would generally agree.
But that is a major change, and to my knowledge never been the case in the US. Public figures, and once in a public office especially, have been in the news due to private information, usually more of the sexual kind, which resulted in the defenestration of said politician.
But to reiterate, the president chose to run for a public office on claims about his private finances. Those are challenged by information obtained by the press. And the press did not release the private, confidential information, but reported about information within it, pertaining to his claims.
That is bona fide, what the press is supposed to do. The person who gave the information to the press, on the other hand, likely has broken the law.
But that is a major change, and to my knowledge never been the case in the US. Public figures, and once in a public office especially, have been in the news due to private information, usually more of the sexual kind, which resulted in the defenestration of said politician.
But to reiterate, the president chose to run for a public office on claims about his private finances. Those are challenged by information obtained by the press. And the press did not release the private, confidential information, but reported about information within it, pertaining to his claims. That is bona fide, what the press is supposed to do. The person who gave the information to the press, on the other hand, likely has broken the law.