as candidate trump, he refused and claimed he would open up his books when ira audits were complete. i don t mind releasing. i m under a routine audit and it will be released and as soon as it s finished, it will be released. the president pays his share of tax and disputes critics that suggestion returns could reveal improper business ties but white house officials now say don t hold your breath waiting to see his w-2s. he s not going to release his tax returns. we litigated this through the election. people didn t care. they voted for him. reporter: and the president today linked his electoral college success to kerr ycurios his part why anybody would still be interested. the president is going back to dwight eisenhower have routinely released returns and those that might have been understand you are autodidit, the question is
you know the only ones that care about my tax returns are the. i don t think they care at all. i think you care. he s not going to release his tax returns. we litigated this all through the election. people didn t care. they voted for him. when the president puts together his tax return this year, will he release it publicly? well, st. patrick s day is tomorrow. that s what i m more focused on. donald trump and his administration have been adamant that nobody cares about his tax returns except for the press. tomorrow, tens of thousands of people are expected to gather in over 100 cities nationwide to call on the president to release his tax returns, and i don t think they re all just members of the nosy media. the plans for tax day marches right after the break.
with the revelation that high level advisers were in constant communications with russians the issue of the president s tax returns becomes more critical. karl bernstein reported earlier. the tax returns could answer a lot of questions. he s not releasing them. congress could make it happen. phil mattingly explains how. the only one who cares about my tax returns are the reporters. tax returns. reporter: donald trump s tax returns. people didn t care. reporter: aren t going to be released any time soon. let me make this clear. most americans are very focussed on what their tax returns will look like while president trump is in office, not what his look like. reporter: but even as trump s
think this is very productive. and this sets a horrible precedent. why should we be going into anybody s taxes? what could be more product i have than to make sure our system of elections in 2016, our presidential elections the economy back on gear. i mean, i think all those things. earlier we played clips of various people including donald trump saying people didn t care. the only people who seem to care about that, i think the president is right, is the media and his opponents. wait a minute. this makes no sense. if you say first of all the assertion that the people don t seem to care is an assertion, and right now he s president of the united states. he s elected. if the people are getting more and more information that donald trump s aides and people who were in his campaign were in continuous contact with russian operatives at a time when we know russians were intervening
his hotel. e clause in the constituti says no person holding any office or profit or trust under them shall without the consent of the congress accept any present emolument office or title of any kind from any king, prince or foreign state. here s what president trump said today about that lawsuit. totally without merit. it could force donald trump to release his tax returns that he repeatedly said he cannot release because they are under audit. here s what his senior adviser kellyanne conway said about those tax returns yesterday. he s not going to release his tax returns. we litigated this all through the election. people didn t care. they voted for him. that of course was a complete change of position for the trump campaign, now trump white house. then this morning kellyanne