STEPHANOPOULOS: Youve made a big issue of Donald Trumps taxes, now released summaries of your own returns.If he releases those some kind of summaries, will that be enough?
And and what do you think of his his statement that he believes he might be targeted by the IRS because hes a Christian.
CRUZ: Well, I I think his statement, nobody who heard it had any reaction other than laughter. Listen, Ive released now nine years of taxes. Donald Trump has not released any of his tax information. He needs to release his tax information. And and the fact that hes refusing to do so really suggests, as Mitt Romney pointed out, that there may be a bombshell in there, that theres something hes hiding. Now now, it could be an awful lot of media
STEPHANOPOULOS: What do you think it is?
CRUZ: outlets have reported well, a lot of media outlets have reported that he doesnt make nearly as much money as he says he does. You know, who knows, maybe maybe the the fact is that Mitt Romney is richer than Donald Trump. We dont know. But but hes clearly hiding something. On the other hand, it could be donations to liberal groups like Planned Parenthood. At every debate, it seems, he praises Planned Parenthood. Maybe hes written them a bunch of checks. Or or, you know, maybe there are other issues. You know you know, for example, there have been multiple media reports about Donalds business dealings with the mob, with the Mafia. Now maybe his tax returns show that those business dealings are a lot more extensive than has been reported
STEPHANOPOULOS: Business dealings with the Mafia?
CRUZ: We dont know indeed. ABC has reported that. You guys have reported that hes hes done deals with S&A Concrete, which was owned by two of the big crime families in New York, and that hes had involvement in Atlantic City. Maybe thats what his tax returns show. We dont know, but the important point is, George, in the general election, Hillary Clinton is going to shine a light on all of this. And Republican primary voters deserve to know. And the media is going to amplify the Democrats attacks a thousand fold. The Republican primary voters deserve to know if theres a scandal, if there is, at Mitt Romney put it, a bombshell in Donald Trumps taxes, we deserve to know, the voters deserve to know and to vet the candidates.