investigation. mueller may have a strong handle on the finances because he is believed to already have in his possession something donald trump refused to share with the public, unlike most modern candidates. are you going the release your tax returns? right now i m under routine audit. nobody cares. i will release my tax returns against my lawyer s wishes when she releases her 33,000 e-mails. you know the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters. an investigation like mutualers would typically subpoena trump s tax returns and michael cohen s could be next. on the there are new reports mueller is not only probing money that went to those men but other sources like donald trump s inaugural committee which took in a record $107 million. the question is whether that money was linked to the middle east or russia. here s the man who ran that committee. tom bearic. everybody would like to be close to the president and the
even on a wall anywhere in a building of the trump administration. yeah. well, you know, she s doing an excellent job, harriet tubman, and she s getting recognized more and more. not by this group. i think we can have complete confidence that the obama administration proposal will not survive in this administration. yeah. it s a shame. it s an absolute shame. it is tragic. yep. thank you, joy. thank you, my friend. donald trump was the first presidential nominee who did not release his tax returns since 1976, and you remember his reason. i m being audited now. i m under a routine audit. a minor audit. every year i have a routine audit. it s under routine audit. like routine. but, but, as soon as my routine audit s finished, i ll release my returns. i m be very proud to. and of course most of the news media fell for the audit excuse. but there was never any evidence at all that donald trump s tax returns were actually being audited. donald trump never produced an
part of the narrative of the past weekend. to show our seriousness, this is the word of our friends at the hardball staff tonight who aired this earlier this evening. this is donald trump s comments on how they have migrated on the subject of his tax returns. we ll discuss on the other side. i will absolutely give my returns, but i m being audited now for two or three years, so i can t do it until the audit is finished, obviously. my tax returns are very simple. they re under a minor audit, routine audit, as theyave been for many years, every year i get audited. at the appropriateime i will release them, right now i m under routine audit. you know, the only one who cares about my tax returns are the reporters. you don t think the american public is concerned? no, i don t think so. i won. i became president. i don t think they care at all. fast forward to today s
returns when obama does his berth certificate. i decide to run for office, i ll produce my tax returns, definitely. maybe when we find out the history on hillary s emashlgs i ll absolutely give my returns. but i m being audited now for two or three years. so i can t do it until the audit is finished. at the appropriate time i will release them. but right now i m under routine audit. nobody cares. the only one who cares are the reporter. you don t think the american voter cares? i don t think so. i won. i became president. no. i don t think they care at all. of course, all presidents since richard negatives have released their tax returns every year of the presidency. so has the vice president. and all of those presidents tax returns have been under audit when they release them because it has been irs policy for decades now to automatically audit the tax returns of the president and the vice president.
dollars in taxes but, but as soon as my routine audit finished, i will release my returns. i will be proud to. i am under a routine audit and it will be released. as soon as it is finished, i will release it. a routine audit. from the first emergen of the audit excuse, we have pointed out on this program that there is absolutely no proof and never has been proof that any of donald trump s relevant tax returns are being audit. audits begin with a letter from the irs. donald trump has never produced that letter, i have requested that letter from the trump campaign. if he s audited, he would have that letter. it would tell us very much at all. still, even that letter would not prove that donald trump was still being audit.