Bucking precedent that goes back to 1976, Donald Trump — the presumptive Republican presidential nominee — has repeatedly refused to release his taxes. Despite the fact that Richard Nixon released his taxes while under audit, Trump has said an audit prevents him from releasing his tax returns to the American public. When he released his tax plan earlier this year, he said that the wealthy would pay more (despite evidence to the contrary), but he boasted this morning that he, himself, fights “very hard to pay as little tax as possible.”
What is Donald J. Trump hiding? Does he refuse to donate money to charity? Does he pay a lower tax rate than the average middle class family? Is his “successful businessman” persona a farce?
The media continues to hold Donald Trump’s feet to the fire on his refusal to take a step that every presidential candidate for over three decades has taken. A Washington Post article even shamed Trump for being “almost certainly the least transparent candidate in the era of modern media.”
HYPOCRISY
Washington Post: Donald Trump is setting a new standard for lack of transparency
MSNBC: Why Donald Trump’s tax-return defense isn’t working
Vox: The controversy over Donald Trump’s tax returns, explained
Salon: Donald Trump is a coward: Get a load of this weakling who won’t release his taxes
Think Progress: The Hypocrisy Of Trump’s Refusal To Release His Tax Returns
NBC News: Flashback: Richard Nixon Released Tax Returns While Under Audit
CNN: Donald Trump handed over tax returns in casino bids
Washington Post Opinion: Trump just boasted that he pays as little in taxes as possible. No, really.
Slate: Trump Won’t Release Tax Returns, Citing Audit That Conveniently Won’t Be Finished Before November
Buzzfeed: Clinton Questions Trump’s Refusal To Release Tax Returns
WHAT IS TRUMP HIDING?
Bloomberg View: I Saw Trump’s Tax Returns. You Should, Too.
POLITICO: Trump: My tax rate is ‘none of your business’
New York Daily News: Donald Trump could be hiding his true net worth or that he skirts taxes by not coughing up returns
AP: What’s in Trump’s returns? A look at how he plays tax game
Time: The ‘Bombshells’ That Could Be in Trump’s Taxes
Washington Post Blog: Fact Checker: Trump’s false claim that ‘there’s nothing to learn’ from his tax returns
New York Times Opinion: Trump and Taxes
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