At least a third Republican congressman has publicly called for GOP presidential nominee to stick with a four decades-long, bipartisan tradition and release his tax returns ahead of the general election. Heck, even his biggest booster Roger Stone is calling on Trump to release his returns!

"If you're going to run and try to become the president of the United States, you're going to have to open up your kimono and show everything, your tax returns, your medical records," House Oversight Committee chairman Chaffetz told CNN's Jim Sciutto on "The Lead" Wednesday.

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The Utah Republican joined Wisconsin Republican Congressman Sean Duffy and South Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Sanford in pressuring the party's nominee to disclose his filings -- as every major party nominee in modern presidential history has done.

Chaffetz continued: "You're just going to have to do that, it's too important. So both candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, should show both their medical records and tax returns, absolutely."



Trump and his campaign have often citied an ongoing IRS audit as an excuse for not making the records available to the public.

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After calling for the release of his tax returns while working for rival Ted Cruz during the GOP primary, newly hired Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway has suddenly seen the light and now says her boss shouldn’t be burdened by transparency.

“I’ve learned since being on the inside that this audit is a serious matter and that he has said that when the audit is complete, he will release his tax returns,” she told ABC News over the weekend.

But, George H.W. Bush appointed IRS commissioner Fred Goldberg wrote a column earlier this week explaining that an audit does not preclude Trump from disclosing his filings:

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