Sanders camp: Tax returns will be out before convention

More than a month after Jane Sanders suggested that her husband would not divulge all of his tax returns until Hillary Clinton released the transcripts of her paid speeches, Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager said the Democratic candidate would release the documents before the Democratic National Convention.

During an interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball” on Wednesday evening, Jeff Weaver faced down Chris Matthews, who grilled the campaign manager over when his boss would cough up the tax returns after Weaver speculated on why Donald Trump has withheld his tax returns. Sanders released his 2014 tax returns on April 15.


“Sen. Sanders will release his tax returns during the course of this campaign?” Matthews asked, to which Weaver responded, “He said he would.”

Matthews then asked whether Sanders would release the latest returns before the convention next month in Philadelphia. Weaver repeated, “He said he would, yes.”

Pressed for a date, Weaver responded, “I will. I would be happy to get you a date, Chris.”

Weaver’s comments contrast with those of Sanders’ wife, who on April 26 told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that her husband would make his tax returns public once Clinton released transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street institutions.