Tue Mar 14, 2017 | 8:47pm EDT

MSNBC says it has Trump's 2005 tax returns

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks up while hosting a House and Senate leadership lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said on Twitter on Tuesday she had obtained Donald Trump's 2005 tax returns, and the White House responded by saying the president had paid $38 million in taxes on more than $150 million in income.

Maddow said she would reveal Trump's returns on her show at 9 p.m. EDT.

The White House did not release any documents supporting its numbers. It said Trump, as head of the Trump Organization, had a responsibility "to pay no more tax than legally required."

As a presidential candidate, Trump declined to release his tax returns despite decades of precedent.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...KBN16M03C?il=0