PROTESTS/TRUMP TAXES: “Giving no ground, President Donald Trump dismissed protests calling for him to disclose his tax returns as the work of political opponents unhappy about his election victory.
‘Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday,’ Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday morning. ‘The election is over!’
With Americans’ tax returns due to the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, in Washington, D.C., Palm Beach, Detroit and other cities across the country, demonstrators joined in street protests Saturday demanding that Mr. Trump follow the practice of past presidents over the last four decades and make public his tax returns. Doing so would help reassure the public that Mr. Trump is avoiding financial conflicts of interest that could arise given his real estate holdings and far-flung business interests, some involved in the demonstrations said. In his tweets, Mr. Trump suggested the protesters were motivated by something other than a desire for transparency and ethics in government.”
-Peter Nicholas and Josh Zumbrun, “Donald Trump Rejects Protests Seeking Release of His Tax Returns,” The Wall Street Journal online, April 16, 2017 4:43pm