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You are here: Home / 2016 Campaign / Trump Son Says It’s ‘Foolish’ to Release Tax Returns

Trump Son Says It’s ‘Foolish’ to Release Tax Returns

August 24, 2016 at 11:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Eric Trump said that it would be “foolish” for his father to release his tax returns and subject them to scrutiny by people who don’t know what they are looking at, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Trump: “You would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes trying to look through and trying to come up with assumptions on things they know nothing about. It would be foolish to do. I’m actually the biggest proponent of not doing it.”

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