Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney discussed the 2016 race with Neil Cavuto. Romney said, “There’s no question that Donald Trump has but the clearest path to becoming the Republican nominee,” adding that the field narrowing would help a non-Trump candidate.
When asked why Romney hasn’t yet endorsed a candidate, he included in his response the issue of tax returns. He said he’d like to see the candidates release several years of tax returns.
He added, “We have good reason to believe there’s a bombshell in Donald Trump’s taxes.”
“Well I think there’s something that he’s not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is, or he hasn’t been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay. Or, perhaps he hasn’t been giving money to the vets or to the disabled like he’s been telling us he’s been doing. And that’s—the reason I think theres a bombshell in there is because every time he’s asked about his taxes he dodges and delays and says ‘we’re working on it.’ Hey, we’re not talking about the taxes that are coming due this year. Of course they’re working on those. They won’t be ready for months. We’re talking about taxes already filed. Back taxes. And my back taxes, when I ran in 2012, my back taxes I put out in January of 2012. We’re now in late February, and we still haven’t seen either Donald Trump’s or Marco Rubio’s or Ted Cruz’s taxes, and, frankly the voters have a right to see those tax returns before who they decide who our nominee ought to be.”
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