Romney: Obama Using Romney’s Personal Finances as Distraction from Poor Economic News

Mitt Romney responded to attacks from President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies who have suggested he’s hiding details about his personal finances, calling the accusations nothing more than an attempt to distract voters.

In an interview with Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson, the Republican nominee insisted he has little to do with his personal investments because they are managed by a blind trust.

“I don’t manage them,” Romney said. “I don’t even know where they are.”

Responding to reports that some of his investments have been overseas, Romney insisted his “trustee follows all U.S. laws.” He added: “All the taxes are paid, as appropriate. All of them have been reported to the government. There’s nothing hidden there.”

He accused Obama of trying to distract from his economic record.

“The president is going to try to do anything he can to divert attention from the fact that his jobs record is weak, and he has no plans to make things better,” Romney said.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-finances-nothing-hidden-131101568.html

Wikileaks Reportedly Has Swiss Bank Account Information on “Important People”

London (CNN) — A Swiss whistle-blower Monday handed over what he said were secret Swiss banking records to WikiLeaks, the website dedicated to revealing secrets.

Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer handed two discs to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a news conference in London.

WikiLeaks could release the secret Swiss banking records in “a matter of weeks” if it can process them quickly enough, Assange said.

Elmer said he would not reveal the names in the records and said he was unable to say how many people were involved.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/17/wikileaks.swiss.banking/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Any thoughts on which “high profile” people may be on this list?