releasing his tax returns, but what he proved himself to be when he publicly released his tax returns in 1973 what he revealed himself to be was maybe not a crook, but a pretty big tax cheat. in 1970, 1971 and 1972 he made $790,000 in income. he paid a total of $6,000 in tax taxes in all three years combined. so yeah that caused a little bit of an uproar when he released those tax returns. here's the thing about him releasing them. he released these records to congress in 1973. he released them to the public because he was facing these questions from the press about what was in his finances and taxes, but the other thing that was going on at the time was that he was at that moment actively being audited by the irs. think about that for a second. the irs audited the sitting president of the united states. if you think something's weird about paying six grand in taxes on $800,000 in income, if you think there's something hingy of a president paying 8% in taxes on more than 3/4s of a...