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EXPLAINER: What’s the debate over releasing Trump’s taxes?

FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, raising the potential of additional revelations in the coming days related to the finances of the longtime businessman who broke political norms by refusing to voluntarily make public his returns as he sought the presidency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., top center, and Committee Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, top right, take their seats with other members, before the House Ways & Means Committee holds a hearing regarding tax returns from former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - Documents arrive as the House Ways & Means Committee holds a hearing regarding tax returns from former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

EXPLAINER: What’s the debate over releasing Trump’s taxes?