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Trump campaign: No tax returns for you
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 27, 2016 10:30am |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Author | Steve Benen |
| Media | TV News - National Broadcasting Company MSNBC News |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 27, 2016 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Since Watergate, every presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican, has released his or her tax returns. It’s not required by law, but there’s a tradition of disclosure that Americans have come to count on: candidates for the nation’s highest office are expected to release information related to their personal health and their tax filings.
But this morning, the GOP candidate’s campaign chairman said we can pretty much stop waiting for the tax documents – because they’re not coming, tradition be damned.
A top aide to Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee “will not be releasing” his taxes.
“Mr. Trump has said that his taxes are under audit and he will not be releasing them,” Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort told “CBS This Morning.”
As for the “audit” excuse, the fact remains that this rationale has never made any sense: an IRS audit doesn’t preclude someone from sharing their returns.
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