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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
My question earlier was never answered. I thought that releasing Trump’s tax returns meant releasing them to the authorities but not to the public. Is that so or would they actually be released to the public?
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My understanding is that the president (or any other citizen) never have to release their tax returns to the public due to their constitutional right to privacy unless authorities can show the returns indicate evidence of a public crime.
So I believe it means releasing them to congress for review, but they will remain private unless....
Although he doesn't need to release them publicly, every president has done so and every vice president, as well as every presidential candidate has done so with the exception of about 6 or 7. So him refusing to is conspicuous. During the last election, Hilary Clinton's showed that the Clintons paid $43 million in taxes from 2007 to 2014 IIRC.
Trump has openly said he fights hard to make sure he pays the least amount of taxes as possible, so unless there is proof of an actual crime, he should have nothing to worry about.