By Rebecca Savransky - 05-24-16 13:35 PM EDT
Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said the presumptive GOP presidential nominee pays the lowest tax rate possible.
"Mr. Trump is proud to pay a lower tax rate - the lowest tax rate possible," Lewandowski said on CBS News.
He said that Trump, as a businessman in this country, believes people need to fight for every dollar they can get.
"He is going to pay the smallest amount of taxes possible, which I think the American people also understand. Every deduction possible. He fights for every single dollar," Lewandowski said.
"That's the mindset you want to bring to the government."
Trump has yet to release any of his tax returns and says he would not do so until the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) completes an audit of his taxes. Democrats, including likely party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, have seized on the issue, insisting Trump should release the forms if he has nothing to hide.
Lewandowski said Trump will release his taxes once the "routine audit" is done, saying there is nothing to learn from the documents.
"Let the IRS finish their work," he said.
"As soon as that's done, he's going to release those taxes."
Clinton said this past weekend that Trump's refusal to release his taxes suggests he "pays no federal income tax."
The IRS has issued a statement saying that nothing prevents people from sharing their own tax information while under audit.
Mitt Romney called it "disqualifying" that Trump hasn't yet released his tax returns. The 2012 GOP presidential nominee predicted there would be "bombshells" in the returns.
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