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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 09:06 PM May 2016

Donald Trump: I'll Release Tax Returns After Audit (which probably will be finished after election)

Source: CNN 7:34 PM ET, Wed May 11, 2016

Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to release his taxes when an IRS audit is completed, despite telling the Associated Press the previous day before that he would not release his tax documents.

"In interview I told @AP that my taxes are under routine audit and I would release my tax returns when audit is complete, not after election!" the real estate mogul tweeted Wednesday, after Trump's critics, including Mitt Romney and other Republicans, who have urged Trump to make his tax returns available.

Donald J. Trump ✔ ?@realDonaldTrump
In interview I told @AP that my taxes are under routine audit and I would release my tax returns when audit is complete, not after election!
3:51 PM - 11 May 2016
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Trump's resistance to releasing his tax documents leaves major questions for voters weighing a candidate whose campaign is staked on his business acumen and the fact that he is "very, very rich" -- and would mark a major break with decades of precedent set by the nominees of the two major political parties.
The presumptive Republican nominee told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday "there's nothing to learn from them."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/donald-trump-tax-returns/

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Donald Trump: I'll Release Tax Returns After Audit (which probably will be finished after election) (Original Post) big_dog May 2016 OP
they're already lining up folks to support this decision on Fox'News' tomm2thumbs May 2016 #1
Trump won't release tax returns and he won't put his assests and company into a blind trust while TeamPooka May 2016 #2
Same thing with his Trump University fraud he will win bigly in court doc03 May 2016 #3
So say the chief liar in the US running for the top. Pathetic. MichiganVote May 2016 #4
Oh, there is plenty to learn.... blackspade May 2016 #5
And Donald Trump trashed Romney when he failed to release tax returns. So why is Trump different rladdi May 2016 #6
What does the Con Man fear? Wellstone ruled May 2016 #7

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
1. they're already lining up folks to support this decision on Fox'News'
Wed May 11, 2016, 09:15 PM
May 2016


They are claiming Reagan never did and Bill Clinton never did, so why should he?

TeamPooka

(24,218 posts)
2. Trump won't release tax returns and he won't put his assests and company into a blind trust while
Wed May 11, 2016, 09:26 PM
May 2016

President.
Oligarchy defined.
he's going to run the country for a profit for himself and his cronies.

GOTV.

doc03

(35,324 posts)
3. Same thing with his Trump University fraud he will win bigly in court
Wed May 11, 2016, 09:27 PM
May 2016

after a couple years well after the election. How convenient.

rladdi

(581 posts)
6. And Donald Trump trashed Romney when he failed to release tax returns. So why is Trump different
Wed May 11, 2016, 10:18 PM
May 2016

from the other Republicans? I suspect Trump worth is not what he says.

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