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		</div><p>A review of Donald Trump&#8217;s last 10 years of tax returns has found they do not reflect &#8220;any income of any type from Russian sources&#8221;, with some exceptions, his lawyers said.</p>
<p>It is the latest attempt by the US president to tamp down concerns about any Russian ties amid an ongoing investigation of his campaign&#8217;s associates.</p>
<p>The lawyers did not release copies of Mr Trump&#8217;s tax returns, so The Associated Press cannot independently verify their conclusions.</p>
<p>Their review also notably takes into account only Mr Trump&#8217;s returns from the past 10 years, leaving open questions about whether there were financial dealings with Russia in earlier years.</p>
<p>In a letter released to the AP, the lawyers said there is no equity investment by Russians in entities controlled by Mr Trump or debt owed by him to Russian lenders.</p>
<p>However, it did reflect some exceptions, including income from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant that was held in Moscow and a property sold to a Russian billionaire in 2008 for 95 million US dollars.</p>
<p>The White House said Mr Trump asked his lawyers for the letter following a request from Senator Lindsey Graham for information on any ties Mr Trump might have to Russia.</p>
<p>Mr Graham leads one of the congressional committees investigating Russia&#8217;s interference in last year&#8217;s election.</p>
<p>The letter came amid an active FBI probe into the Trump 2016 campaign&#8217;s possible ties to Russia&#8217;s election meddling and days after Mr Trump&#8217;s stunning firing of FBI director James Comey.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I have no investments in Russia, none whatsoever,&#8221;</i> Mr Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Thursday.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have property in Russia. A lot of people thought I owned office buildings in Moscow. I don&#8217;t have property in Russia.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The president said he &#8220;had dealings over the years&#8221;, including the Miss Universe pageant and the sale of a home to &#8220;a very wealthy Russian&#8221;.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I had it in Moscow long time ago, but other than that I have nothing to do with Russia,&#8221;</i> he said, referring to the pageant.</p>
<p>The unnamed Russian billionaire cited by the Trump company&#8217;s lawyers is Dmitry Rybolovlev, whose financial empire springs from his companies&#8217; production of potash, often used for fertilizer.</p>
<p>Trump had purchased the 62,000 square-foot estate for 41.35 million dollars in 2004, and he sold the mansion to Mr Rybolovlev in July 2008 for 95 million dollars.</p>
<p>The deal was widely reported at the time, including by The Associated Press.</p>
<p>When Mr Trump was pressed during a campaign conference last year about his ties to Russia, he said: <i>&#8220;You know the closest I came to Russia, I bought a house a number of years ago in Palm Beach,&#8221;</i> adding that <i>&#8220;I sold it to a Russian for 100 million dollars&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>The letter, written by lawyers Sheri Dillon and William Nelson from the law firm of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP, simultaneously leaves open the possibility of other Russian ties while attempting to dismiss them.</p>
<p>The letter does not vouch for any of Mr Trump&#8217;s personal federal tax returns that predate the past decade.</p>
<p>The lawyers also write that over the last 10 years, it is likely that the Trump Organisation sold or rented condos, or other products, that &#8220;could have produced income attributable to Russian sources&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;With respect to this last exception, the amounts are immaterial,&#8221; they wrote.</p>
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