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Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested Wednesday that Donald Trump is hiding a "bombshell of unusual size" in his yet to be disclosed tax returns, adding that the decision to withhold his tax records should bar the billionaire from the race for the White House.
"It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters," Romney wrote in a post on Facebook. "There is only one logical explanation for Mr. Trump's refusal to release his returns: there is a bombshell in them."
"Given Mr. Trump's equanimity with other flaws in his history," Romney continued, "we can only assume it's a bombshell of unusual size."
Reality television star Trump told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he will only release his tax records after the IRS completes an audit of them.
"There's nothing to learn from them," Trump told the AP, adding that he doesn't believe voters are interested.
Trump stressed his point once more on Wednesday, minutes after Romney’s Facebook outburst, stressing in a tweet that his “taxes are under routine audit” and will be released when the audit has been completed.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is no stranger himself to controversy when it comes to taxes. While campaigning against President Barack Obama in 2012, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada lambasted Romney over his taxes, which he had yet to release, falsely claiming that he hadn't paid any in a decade.
Romney ultimately released his 2011 taxes two months ahead of the Nov. 2012 general election.
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