Posted on 07/27/2016 9:23:45 AM PDT by Kevin C
A top aide to Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee "will not be releasing" his taxes.
"Mr. Trump has said that his taxes are under audit and he will not be releasing them," Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort told "CBS This Morning."
"It has nothing to do with Russia, it has nothing to do with any country other than the United States and his normal tax auditing process," Manafort added.
Trump has pushed back in recent months on calls from Democrats and some Republicans, namely former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, to release his tax returns.
Conservative columnist George Will this week argued Trump doesn't want to release his taxes because they show "he is deeply involved in dealing with Russia oligarchs."
"So to be clear, Mr. Trump has no financial relationships with any Russian oligarchs?" CBS's Norah O'Donnell asked Manafort.
"That’s what he said, that’s what I said," Manafort responded. "That’s obviously what our position is."
Hillary Clinton's campaign has gone after Trump's comments on Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in the wake of a hack on the Democratic National Committe. Emails pilfered in the hack, which were provided to Wikileaks, revealed Democratic infighting on the eve of the party's national convention.
Democratic officials have linked the cyberattack to Russian actors, claiming they want to influence the U.S. election given the timing of the release.
Good! Screw the media!
So he runs for president and get audited and nobody questions this?????
EVERY one in his income category gets audited. Every year.
“Conservative columnist George Will this week argued Trump doesn’t want to release his taxes because they show “he is deeply involved in dealing with Russia oligarchs.”
So indirectly, George Will is insinuating the democrat narrative that Trump and the Russians hacked the DNC server together. Some conservative.
Collude with the enemedia, get optics out there that are as skewed as possible with the understanding that most voters are of the Low Info type.
Rinse, repeat . . .
I truly hate the seditious vermin.
He says he is audited every year.
When asked about his ties to Russia he should bring up Clintons ties to China
For laughs Trump should say, I have already released my tax returns, “I e-mailed them to Hillary.”
Trump should release tax records as soon as Hillary releases personal records, speeches and full release of all Clinton Foundation records.
Tell the MSM his tax filings are on Killary’s email server.
I don’t know if this a good move. It gives the Democrats a narrative against Trump that could work. If he doesn’t release his taxes, people will think he is trying to hide something.
I agree....if they want to look at ‘taxes’ go back and look at the Clintons......she/he once deducted the value of donated USED UNDERWEAR!....
Let’s see. He made a lot and he paid a lot. Okay, let’s move on. :)
Has the drive-by media reported that yet?
They are being audited. He should NOT release them.
First, we need a FULL look into the Clinton Foundation.
Does anyone doubt that if there were one speck of dirt in Donald J Trump’s tax return that the IRS wouldn’t complete the audit so he would be “forced” to release the returns?
I will release my tax records when Hillary releases her health records - and throw in the the Clinton Foundation tax records too ( the ones before they were revised ).
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