{"id":94279,"date":"2017-03-16T03:41:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=94279"},"modified":"2017-03-16T03:41:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:41:37","slug":"white-house-trump-wont-release-tax-returns-in-response-to-media-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/16\/white-house-trump-wont-release-tax-returns-in-response-to-media-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: Trump won&#8217;t release tax returns in response to media disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_89896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89896\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump_visits_MacDill_Air_Force_Base_31942365443.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89896\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump_visits_MacDill_Air_Force_Base_31942365443.jpg\" alt=\"Earlier in the day, Trump fiercely criticized the journalist, David Cay Johnston, and called him a reporter &quot;who nobody ever heard of.&quot;  (Photo by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States (170206-D-VO565-027) [Public domain])\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump_visits_MacDill_Air_Force_Base_31942365443.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump_visits_MacDill_Air_Force_Base_31942365443-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump_visits_MacDill_Air_Force_Base_31942365443-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlier in the day, Trump fiercely criticized the journalist, David Cay Johnston, and called him a reporter &#8220;who nobody ever heard of.&#8221; (Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ATrump_visits_MacDill_Air_Force_Base_(31942365443).jpg\">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States (170206-D-VO565-027) [Public domain]<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>WASHINGTON\u2014Earlier in the day, Trump fiercely criticized the journalist, David Cay Johnston, and called him a reporter &#8220;who nobody ever heard of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, MSNBC said via Twitter that it obtained Trump\u2019s 1040 tax form from 2005 and then revealed portions of it during a live broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To use one illegal act to say we should act further on that is preposterous,&#8221; Spicer stated on Wednesday as quoted by the press pool.<\/p>\n<p>The White House also added that the revelation was not sensational after all, because Trump paid legally required $ 38 million in federal taxes.<\/p>\n<p>During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly refused to publicly disclose his income taxes stressing that he has been under continuous examination by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) since 2002. 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