Les Américains méritent de voir les déclarations de revenus de Donald Trump. Tous les autres présidents américains modernes et tous les autres candidats des principaux partis politiques ont divulgué leurs déclarations avant Donald Trump. À la lumière des nombreuses enquêtes fédérales et étatiques sur les finances de l'ancien président et des condamnations de plusieurs employés de la Trump Organization, les documents contiennent probablement des informations importantes concernant la confiance du public et doivent être rendus publics.

The House Ways and Means Committee and its Chair Richard Neal deserve credit for formally requesting – and ultimately securing – these returns from the IRS after a sea of red flags arose concerning Trump’s business dealings before and after he was sworn in as president. It took nearly four years and a protracted legal fight to obtain these tax returns, but now that the Committee has obtained them, it has an obligation to make them public.

The nation expects and deserves to know the truth. Going forward, Congress must pass legislation to require that presidential candidates and those elected to the office release their tax returns to the public. Donald Trump proved that you cannot rely on tradition when it come to the tax returns. It needs to be required by law.  The House of Representatives has passed such legislation twice in the past three years and it is long overdue for the Senate to do the same.