Mitt Romney: It's 'disqualifying' for Trump to withhold tax returns

Mitt Romney.
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Mitt Romney is reiterating his suspicions about Donald Trump's tax returns, after Trump acknowledged he probably won't release them before the November election, saying that the presumptive Republican nominee could be hiding a "bombshell of unusual size."

On his Facebook page, Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, said he believes it's "disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service." Tax returns allow the public to have its "sole confirmation of the veracity of a candidate's representations regarding charities, priorities, wealth, tax conformance, and conflicts of interest," Romney said, and while it's not likely, "the potential for hidden inappropriate associations with foreign entities, criminal organizations, or other unsavory groups is simply too great a risk to ignore for someone who is seeking to become commander-in-chief."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.