To: Donald J. Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate

Mr. Trump, Release your tax returns!

In a January 2017, ABC News/Washington Post poll, 74% of Americans wanted you, Donald Trump, to release your tax returns, including 49% of your own supporters. You promised to do so as far back as 2014. You put it off repeatedly and then on January 11, 2017, at your first press conference as president-elect, you flat out refused, saying that the American public was not interested in your returns, only the press. The poll shows your position on this issue to be incorrect. Release your taxes, please.

Why is this important?

Never before has an incoming president held such alleged wealth, nor such a complex financial portfolio as Donald J. Trump. His holdings make him susceptible to violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, and to fears of corrupting influences from his various international schemes and dealings.

On January 11, prior to his press conference, Mr. Trump tweeted, "Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I have nothing to do with Russia - no deals, no loans, no nothing!" His tax returns can help verify these claims and begin to restore trust in the veracity of the president-elect across major swaths of the American electorate.