Trump says he won’t cooperate with tax return request

Published November 7, 2018 5:47pm ET



President Trump said Wednesday that he wouldn’t release his personal tax returns or those of the Trump Organization until an audit of them is completed, as he faces the prospect of Democrats demanding the returns using their incoming majority in the House of Representatives.

“They’re under audit, they have been for a long time, they’re extremely complex, people wouldn’t understand them,” Trump said of his taxes. “Nobody turns over a return when it’s under audit.”

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