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Mccollum. thank you so much for being with us. you have investigated and written extensively about president trump and his business dealings. why do you think he is fighting so hard to keep his returns private? >> because they're going to show that donald is a tax cheat. in 1984, donald had two trials. they were civil trials, but that i were tax fraud trials. he lost them both. his own witness, jack mitnick, who was his long-time tax lawyer and accountant testified under oath that's my signature on the tax return, but i didn't prepare that tax return. that's pretty good evidence of fraud. and ...

We need to have congressional investigators that work for the joint committee on taxation that's done fabulous work for 80 years and they'll know how to look at the returns and find out what needs to be put in the public record. >> they're wanting to talk to trump organization executive. >> and the long time cfo of the trump organization is at least a partially cooperating witness. michael cohen has given them information and donald has a long history of, you know, cheating, lying under oath, presenting false documents, not just in the tax case but many others. there's a wonderful story of how...

Regard information like that? >> i wouldn't advise them at all because i don't know what his returns looked like at that point. >> but you do think it's important for voters -- >> you're talking 30 years ago. >> but you do think that it's important for voters to be able to see the candidate's tax returns? >> i do. >> and as i understand it, you haven't heard anything from candidate trump that prevents him from releasing those tax returns? >> no. >> okay. jack mitnick, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. >> oh, you're welcome. >> david cay johnston is going to st...

I can't answer that. it could be one year or it could be multiple years. >> and mr. mitnick, i want to listen to something that happened in the debate, when hillary clinton raised the possibility that donald trump pays no federal income taxes. let's listen to this moment. >> or maybe he doesn't want the american people, all of you watching tonight, to know that he has paid nothing in federal tax because the only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn't pay any...

And there were many years when there would be nols? >> without the supporting schedules and the prior returns, i can't answer that. it could be one year or it could be multiple years. >> and mr. mitnick, i want to listen to something that happened in the debate, when hillary clinton raised the possibility that donald trump pays no federal income taxes. let's listen to this moment. >> or maybe he doesn't want the american people, all of you watching tonight, to know that he has paid nothing in federal tax because the only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to tu...