Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders built his firebrand presidential campaign on calls for financial transparency.
Now that his campaign is over — meh.
Sanders has officially skirted having to file the most recent reports on his personal finances — after asking twice for delays in his campaign’s dwindling final act, theCenter for Public Integrityreported Thursday.
The self-described Democratic socialist will now never have to reveal the impact his campaign may have had on his personal wealth. Sanders himself raised questions just this month when the senator — who reported a $200,000 income from two years ago — dropped nearly $600,000 on alakefront summer home.
Federal law required Sanders to reveal his most recent personal finances in the middle of May.
But the Sanders campaign asked for, and received, a 45-day extension from the Federal Election Commission.
The campaign asked for another extension June 30 — weeks after Hillary Clinton unofficially clinched the Democratic nomination — blaming “the current campaign schedule and officeholder duties.” The FEC granted the request once again.
Now that Sanders has at last ended his White House bid, the campaign says those reports just ain’t gonna happen.
"We were told that since the senator no longer is a candidate there was no requirement to file," Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs told the Center.