Donald Trump claimed the reason he has yet to release his tax returns is that he’s being audited.
Earlier this week, 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney publicly questioned why Trump had yet to release his tax returns and suggested it would become a vulnerability when facing the Democrats.
Trump swung back during Thursday night’s presidential debate and provided an explanation for why he has not yet done so.
“I will say this, Mitt Romney looked like a fool when he delayed and delayed and Harry Reid baited him so beautifully,” Trump said. “For many years, I’ve been audited every year. Twelve years or something like that. Every year, they audit me, audit me, audit me. Nobody gets audited, I have friends that are very wealthy people they never get audited. … I will absolutely give my return but I’m being audited now for two or three years so I can’t do it until the audit is finished obviously.”
When Texas Sen. Ted Cruz confronted Trump about his undisclosed tax returns later in the debate, Trump chose not to detail the years for which he is being audited.
