Elizabeth Warren, US presidential hopeful has issued details of her former legal income, confirming she earned $1.9m (£1.4m) in work for corporate and other private clients back in 1985. 70 years old Ms Warren is a front-runner in the race for the Democratic elections and persistent critic of big business.
The Massachusetts senator had already shown 11 years of tax returns. But rival Pete Buttigieg, a mayor in Indiana, has been questioning her to release older tax documents. Ms Warren and Mr Buttigieg have been contesting to be favourite for the Iowa caucuses in February, an important early contest in the primary season.
Unlike former presidents, Mr Trump has rejected to disclose his tax details.
What did Warren’s documents show?
On Sunday, the Warren campaign made the documents public. The documents showed patterns of her work as a legal counsel and consultant back in 1985. As per the documents, Ms Warren earned at least $1.9m in benefit from dozens of clients over that period.
She has been battling with Mr Buttigieg over transparency. Ms Warren has urged him to disclose all the information about his past work at McKinsey consultancy company. On this, the Buttigieg campaign said that he is working on making the details of his employment “fully transparent”.
Who will take on Trump in 2020?
Election day is not even a year away. The race to be the Democratic challenger to Mr Trump is in full stroke.
