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Bernie Sanders Releases A Decade Of Tax Returns

The returns show that in both 2016 and 2017, Sanders and his wife jointly earned more than $1 million in each of those years. On Monday evening, Beto O'Rourke also released a decade of returns.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally in Fairfield, Iowa, on April 6.

Updated at 7:26 p.m. ET

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders released 10 years' worth of tax returns Monday. The documents underscore how much money the populist presidential candidate has earned in recent years, as his public profile has risen.

In an interview with the before the returns were made public, Sanders dismissed the idea that his

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