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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe fight for Donald Trump's tax returns is heating up -- again
By MATTHEW MOSK BENJAMIN SIEGEL Aug 31, 2018, 8:33 AM ET
From Congress to the courts, Democrats are seeking to capitalize on efforts to bring President Trumps tax returns into public view, hoping the documents could shed fresh light on possible conflicts of interest, foreign business deals and even the Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.
Questions about Trumps refusal to release his tax returns have followed the president from the campaign trail to the Oval Office and reemerged in force last week as a pair of Trumps closest former aides - his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen - confronted serious tax fraud charges that will likely land both of them behind bars.
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who sponsored legislation last year to require all sitting presidents to release their most recent three years of tax returns, says Trumps tax returns are of vital public interest.
Trumps tax returns will deliver honest answers to key questions from the American public, Wyden said.
Trump was the first major party candidate in four decades to refuse to disclose his tax returns. When his refusal sparked controversy, he agreed to release the records, but only after an audit.
"Tax experts throughout the media agree that no sane person would give their tax returns during an audit," Trump wrote on Twitter in February of 2016. "After the audit, no problem!"
But Trump appears to have reversed his position after the election, and his top aides have deflected questions about the issue.
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The fight for Donald Trump's tax returns is heating up -- again (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2018
OP
democrats not in control, and have little they can do except stomp their feet
beachbum bob
Aug 2018
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. democrats not in control, and have little they can do except stomp their feet
Initech
(100,076 posts)2. If he had nothing to hide as he claims, he would have released them a long time ago.
What is he hiding?