Trump demanded VP candidate tax docs he won't make public
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump told an interviewer in May that the income taxes he pays are "none of your business." But for candidates who were auditioning to be his vice president, similar reluctance wasn't an option.
In a Thursday talk delivered through Facebook, Trump vice president finalist Newt Gingrich said the campaign required him to submit more than one decade's worth of tax returns as part of the vetting process.
"They wanted all my taxes back until 2004," Gingrich said. "That was a mound, just a whole stack of tax material."
Scrutinizing a potential vice presidential candidate's tax returns is a standard practice for both parties. In a 2012 editorial, the lawyer picked by Trump's campaign to help with vetting described the review of tax returns as a cornerstone component of the vice presidential selection process.
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