melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so,