trump long claim legally allow release tax return allege audit require keep secret repeatedly debunk legal experts tax experts trump learn rachel maddow obtain 2005 tax return plan break live television trump white house freak release tax return much audit lie.the statement like many trump reactionary tantrums light culpability focus mostly whine unfair tax would release way.you know desperate rat will violate law push story two page tax return decade ago.ironically question whether current president violation law specifically conflict interest laws exactly rachel maddow investigative journalists look trump tax first place first president decades flatly refuse release leak document public way come light.wh respond msnbc report trump tax return `` know desperate will violate law `` pic.twitter.com/dcedfdxwcc jim acosta acosta march 15 2017trump statement appear hastily write part trump claim pay around 38 million tax pull around 150 million income document summarize daily beast go detail document show trump wife melania pay 5.3 million regular federal income tax rate less however trump pay additional 31 million so-called alternative minimum tax amt trump previously call elimination tax.so trump ideal world would like billionaires like pay tax use loopholes tax havens avoid pay lion share owe pretty pathetic come person use time office dismantle welfare program cut spend arts sciences.there alternative theory tax return trump leak could freak later.johnston possible potus leak return `` donald long history leak material think 's interest `` betsy klein betsy_klein march 15 2017what would interest one could argue might best tax return reporters get close recent file may leak document placate journalists see throw tantrum hope everyone move case reporters encourage dig even hard clearly strike nerve.featured image via michael reynolds-pool/getty image trump already go ballistic maddow get tax return release unhinge statement