Braun now says she will release tax returns

CHICAGO — Chicago mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun has reversed herself and now says she will release her tax returns before the Feb. 22 mayoral election.

Although the former U.S. senator and ambassador said Monday morning she would not release her returns in advance of the election, she changed that position Monday night in an interview with WFLD-TV.

In the evening interview, Moseley Braun called her earlier comments a "misstatement," and said she was being too flippant at the time. She said her returns would be released Tuesday.

The other major candidates, former Chicago School Board president Gery Chico, City Clerk Miguel del Valle, and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, have all released their tax returns.