Sen. Ted Cruz speculates the "bombshell" in Donald Trump's tax returns Mitt Romney claimed last week may show "business dealings with the mob." In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday the presidential candidate joined the chorus of conspiracy theorists who claim the Republican frontrunner is hiding something in his taxes.



"Maybe it is the case that Donald, there have been multiple media reports about Donald's business dealings with the mob, with the mafia. Maybe his taxes show those business dealings are a lot more extensive than has been reported," Cruz said to host Chuck Todd.



"Wait a minute. Senator Cruz, let me stop you there. That's openly speculative. Do you have any facts to support that Donald Trump has mob ties?" a skeptical Todd asked.



Cruz responded:





Oh sure. ABC, CNN, multiple news reports have reported about his some dealings with, for example, S&A Construction, which was owned by "Fat Tony" Salerno, who is a mobster who is in jail. It is owned by two of the major New York crime families. And that has been reported in multiple media outlets. You know, you're going to have Donald on the show later today, you ought to ask him, "Donald, have you written a check to Planned Parenthood? If so, how much and when?"



I mean, that's the question that Donald ought to answer. We don't know what it is that he's hiding in those tax returns. But I can promise you this, if he's the nominee come September, October, every day on the news will be about those tax returns, about whatever the bombshell is. And Republican primary voters deserve to know before the nomination, not after. Because you better believe Hillary Clinton and the media are going to go to town on it. And the primary voters should be able to vet all of us.