Bernie Sanders admits he's a millionaire and will release 10 years of tax returns

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Tuesday he will be releasing 10 years' worth of tax returns in the next week and admitted he himself is one of the millionaires he has decried throughout his political life.

The Democratic presidential candidate, who has been ridiculed in the past for owning extra properties including a beachfront home in New England, said in an interview with the New York Times that he will be releasing the tax returns in the spirit of transparency.

“April 15 is coming,” Sanders said in the interview. “We wanted to release 10 years of tax returns. April 15, 2019, will be the 10th year, so I think you will see them.”

During the 2016 campaign, when he faced off against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sanders released his 2014 tax returns, which was sparse compared with the eight years of tax returns Clinton made public.

Sanders also urged Trump to release his tax returns, saying the American people want to know where he stands financially. He also said that his own tax returns won't be as salacious as Trump's.