ADVERTISEMENTAbout 90 minutes before her show aired on Tuesday night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” sent out a message over Twitter: She had Donald Trump’s tax returns. BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. — Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 14, 2017The post quickly caused widespread excitement ― a predictable response considering multiple polls have found the vast majority of Americans want President Trump to release his tax returns, just like every other president for decades has done. — Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 15, 2017A few minutes after that, the White House responded to MSNBC’s request for comment by publicly stating that Trump had paid $38 million in taxes on $150 million in income for the year in question. What she had were two pages of federal tax returns, obtained by Pulitzer Prize-winning tax expert David Cay Johnston.

Source: Huffington Post March 15, 2017 19:25 UTC