”That’s because Democrats hijacked the hearing with Commissioner John Koskinen when they got their chance to speak, and managed to skewer Trump’s refusal to release his taxes. All presidential nominees since the 1970s have released their tax returns, but Trump says he cannot unveil his because they are being audited by the IRS. Although the commissioner refused repeatedly to get into specific talks about Trump, Democrats got him to make the general point. “Is there anything that would prohibit someone from releasing tax returns, if they want to, because they’re under audit?” Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) asked. “Would releasing the person’s tax return during the audit in any way impact that pending audit of the return?” Deutch asked.

Source: Huffington Post September 21, 2016 18:33 UTC