melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so, cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit
cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit when the audit i completed. my tax returns are very simple, they are under a minor routine audit as they have bee for many years every year i get audited at the appropriate time hourly slumber right now amateur routine audit, nobod cares. now, when donald trump was candidate there was no way o verifying whether he was actually being audited as soon as he became president he became subject to a one lin provision in the irs handbook, also dating back to the 70s, the handbook specifies that th individual tax returns for the president and the vice president are subject to mandatory review so, during his presidency donald trump was being audited like every other america president, right wrong! that is the big revelation i tuesday s report from the hous ways and means committee which found that the irs did