Trump Responds to Tax Return Leak: ‘It’s Illegal’ and 'It's a Disgrace’

Monica Sanchez | March 15, 2017
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President Trump in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson airing Wednesday night responded to the release of a portion of his 2005 tax return by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on her show “The Rachel Maddow Show."

“I have no idea where they got it, but it’s illegal… It’s not supposed to be leaked,” said Trump.

“It’s certainly not an embarrassing tax return at all,” he continued, “but it’s an illegal thing. They’ve been doing it, they’ve done it before, and I think it’s a disgrace.”

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow sent the internet into a frenzy Tuesday night when she claimed that she had Trump’s tax returns and would be revealing them on her show.  

It turns out she only had a portion of Trump’s 2005 tax return, which had already been reported on by The Wall Street Journal a year ago and which showed that Trump had actually paid a higher tax rate than MSNBC in 2005, MRCTV reports.

The "Tucker Carlson Tonight" episode airs on Fox News Channel at 9 PM EST. Check out a clip from President Trump’s remarks below.

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