Seventy-four percent of Americans want Trump to release his tax returns.
WASHINGTON ā President Donald Trump will not release his tax returns because āpeople didnāt careā about it during the election, one of his top aides said Sunday.
āHeās not going to release his tax returns. We litigated this all through the election. People didnāt care,ā White House advisor Kellyanne Conway said on ABC, two days after Trump took the oath of office.
Conwayās statement not only echoes Trumpās Jan. 11 assertion that only reporters care about his tax returns, but goes further in stating that he simply wonāt release the returns at all. She was answering a question about a White House petition for Trump to release his tax returns that had received over 200,000 signatures, a total that necessitates a White House response. An ABC poll from Jan. 12-15 found that 74 percent of the public wanted Trump to release his returns.
During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly stated his taxes had been under a routine Internal Revenue Service audit since 2009 and that he could not release them until the audit was finished. He further promised that he would release his tax returns once the audit was completed.
āI donāt mind releasing,ā he said during his first president debate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. āIām under a routine audit. And itāll be released. And as soon as the auditās finished, it will be released.ā
The IRS has already stated that there is nothing preventing Trump from releasing his returns while they are under audit. The government agency, which is now under Trumpās control, further stated that Trumpās tax returns prior to 2009 are not even under audit at all. Trump claimed during the campaign that his lawyers didnāt want him to release the returns.
More: After Promising To Release His Tax Returns, Trump Aide Says He Won't Because āPeople Didnāt Careā
Gee, is anyone surprised? Only 74% of Americans want Trump to release his tax returns.
WASHINGTON ā President Donald Trump will not release his tax returns because āpeople didnāt careā about it during the election, one of his top aides said Sunday.
āHeās not going to release his tax returns. We litigated this all through the election. People didnāt care,ā White House advisor Kellyanne Conway said on ABC, two days after Trump took the oath of office.
Conwayās statement not only echoes Trumpās Jan. 11 assertion that only reporters care about his tax returns, but goes further in stating that he simply wonāt release the returns at all. She was answering a question about a White House petition for Trump to release his tax returns that had received over 200,000 signatures, a total that necessitates a White House response. An ABC poll from Jan. 12-15 found that 74 percent of the public wanted Trump to release his returns.
During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly stated his taxes had been under a routine Internal Revenue Service audit since 2009 and that he could not release them until the audit was finished. He further promised that he would release his tax returns once the audit was completed.
āI donāt mind releasing,ā he said during his first president debate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. āIām under a routine audit. And itāll be released. And as soon as the auditās finished, it will be released.ā
The IRS has already stated that there is nothing preventing Trump from releasing his returns while they are under audit. The government agency, which is now under Trumpās control, further stated that Trumpās tax returns prior to 2009 are not even under audit at all. Trump claimed during the campaign that his lawyers didnāt want him to release the returns.
More: After Promising To Release His Tax Returns, Trump Aide Says He Won't Because āPeople Didnāt Careā
Gee, is anyone surprised? Only 74% of Americans want Trump to release his tax returns.
