President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter that he plans to release his financial information before the 2020 general elections, and that those documents will reveal that he is more wealthy than people had imagined.
“When I release my financial statement (my decision) sometime prior to Election, it will only show one thing—that I am much richer than people even thought—And that is a good thing. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!” Trump wrote.
Trump’s taxes have become the subject of several court cases. The Manhattan district attorney is seeking eight years of tax returns amid a criminal investigation.
Trump, an international real estate mogul and hotel owner, is the first major-party presidential candidate since Gerald Ford in 1976 who hasn’t released his tax returns.
The House Oversight Committee also subpoenaed Trump’s financial records. This week, the Supreme Court imposed a temporary stay on an appeals court ruling.
Previously, a lower court ordered Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, to turn over his financial records.
But on Nov. 18, the Supreme Court said it will decide on whether to take up Trump’s appeal.
The president has requested that the Supreme Court protect his financial records from the House and the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Trump’s attorneys have also sent out a petition last week to the court to overturn a ruling in a New York court regarding Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s case.