Investigator in Trump tax return case is taken into custody
Source: Associated Press
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trumps tax returns before last years U.S. presidential election has been arrested again.
At a hearing this week, a judge found that Jordan Hamlett violated conditions of his pretrial release that involved computer monitoring and tracking of his location.
Prosecutors say Hamlett tried unsuccessfully to obtain Trumps tax returns using a U.S. Department of Education financial aid website. Federal agents first arrested Hamlett last year on a charge that he misused a Social Security number in the effort.
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Every president since Jimmy Carter has released their tax returns in what has become an American tradition during presidential elections, but Trump so far has refused to release his.
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