Justices rightly limit Congress’s fishing expedition, but Trump should still release his taxes

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We have long argued that President Trump owes it to the public to release his tax returns in the name of full transparency, the way every chief executive has done since Richard Nixon. The public should know how the person leading the nation earns his living.

This is especially true in the case of Trump. Never before has a president taken office with a more complicated web of financial entanglements. Voters should be able to assess whether any of them present conflicts of interest or potential avenues for corruption.

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