<sod >The White House adds that it is "totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns."< eod>< sod > The official added it is "totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns." The statement also acknowledged Trump made over $150 million that year, while saying he paid $38 million in income taxes - noting he had a responsibility to his company and family "to pay no more tax than legally required." The statement said he also paid "tens of millions of dollars in other taxes such as sales and excise taxes and employment taxes and this illegally published return proves just that." Maddow countered that the return was "not illegally published," and argued that MSNBC was exercising its First Amendment right to publish information in the public interest.< eod>