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Bill Clinton: Romney Making a ‘Mistake’ in Not Releasing Tax Returns

Updated: July 19, 2012 | 8:06 p.m.
July 19, 2012 | 7:44 p.m.

Former President Clinton joined a chorus of top Democrats -- and Republicans -- calling for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney to release additional years of tax returns, saying that refusing to release more than two years worth “raises questions about whether [Romney] thinks there should be a different set of rules for him than everybody else.”

“Whatever it is, it couldn’t be as bad as not doing it,” Clinton said in an interview on Thursday with CNN’s Erin Burnett, adding that it’s clear Romney fully complied with the law. “I just can’t figure out why he didn’t do it. I think it’s a mistake. He ought to do it.”

In response to further questioning, Clinton added in no uncertain terms that he would not vote for Romney in November. 

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