Gary, Indiana (CNN) Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday rejected suggestions that his growing nest egg, mostly amassed from book sales following his 2016 campaign, undermines his political message. "I didn't know that it was a crime to write a good book which turns out to be a bestseller," Sanders said at a community meeting in Gary, Indiana. If I make a lot of money, you make a lot of money, that is what I believe," Sanders added, defiant and plainly frustrated by the line of questioning. "So again, I don't apologize for writing a book that was number three on the New York Times best seller, translated into five or six languages and that's that." Sanders made his 2014 tax returns public during his first presidential campaign, in 2016.

Source: CNN April 13, 2019 17:48 UTC