President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's not "embarrassed" by his 2005 tax return that was leaked to the media, but he was unhappy that such a private and confidential document was made public.
During an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson that will air Wednesday night, Trump spoke about the unveiling of his 2005 return on MSNBC Tuesday.
"I have no idea where they got it but it's illegal and you're not supposed to have it," Trump said. "It's not supposed to be leaked and it's certainly not an embarrassing tax return at all, but it's an illegal thing. They've been doing it, they've done it before, and I think it's a disgrace."
The tax return showed that Trump made more than $150 million in 2005 and paid paid $38 million in taxes. The return, which was Trump's 1040 form, also indicated that he wrote off $103 million in losses.
After MSNBC reached out to the White House for comment, it called those losses "large scale depreciation for construction."
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