BOSTON, Mas. – Tick-tock, Seth. 

Today, the Markey for Senate campaign launched the Transparency Timer, a real-time counter featured prominently on EdMarkey.com that tracks every day, hour, minute, and second since Congressman Seth Moulton promised to release his tax return and personal financial disclosure.

Congressman Moulton still has not released his 2025 tax return, and has not released his financial disclosure while asking for an extension until August 13 – after mail-in ballots are already in voters’ hands. 

“Seth Moulton has spent weeks running out the clock on his own finances, and now the clock is running on him,” said Senador Ed Markey. “Tax Day was April 15 – the rest of Massachusetts managed to file their returns on time. If Congressman Moulton has nothing to hide, he should release his tax return and financial disclosure immediately. Until then, the Transparency Timer will keep ticking.”

Congressman Moulton is asking for the honor of representing Massachusetts in the United States Senate, but he is refusing to give Massachusetts voters a full and transparent accounting of his own finances. Financial disclosures are the public’s window into what Members of Congress own, what they owe, where they receive income, and which stocks they trade, or private equity investments they have made.

And after months of delay, Moulton refused to give a clear timetable for when his release would be made public during Tuesday night’s debate, saying only it would happen  “before the primary.” 

When pressed, Moulton also claimed he had “just learned about this today.”

But that answer does not add up.

On June 8, Moulton’s campaign said he had “immediately instructed their financial preparers to expedite the finalization and filing of their returns.” So which is it? Were his preparers already “expediting” his return or not?  

And while we can’t say for certain how long it takes a team of “financial preparers” to complete a tax return, we do know this: as of today, Massachusetts voters are still waiting for the transparency they were promised.

Senator Markey filed his public Financial Disclosure on time and filed his federal tax return before the April 15 deadline, just as millions of Massachusetts residents do every year. He then voluntarily made his tax return public, earlier this week, because he believes voters deserve a full and transparent accounting of the financial interests of those asking for their trust.

BACKGROUND – A timeline that doesn’t add up

• April 15: Tax Day. Tens of millions of Americans filed their tax returns on time.
• May 4: Moulton asks the Clerk of the U.S. House for a 90-day extension on his annual financial disclosure, pushing the deadline to August 13, 2026 – after mail-in ballots are in voters’ hands and barely a month before the September 15 primary.
• June 8: After a media inquiry, Moulton’s campaign says he “immediately instructed their financial preparers to expedite the finalization and filing of their returns.”
• June 16: On the debate stage, Moulton says he will release his taxes “well before the primary” – but also claims he “just learned about this today.”
• June 18 (today): Still no tax return or financial disclosure. The clock keeps ticking. Public filings are available at disclosures-clerk.house.gov, including Moulton’s 2026 FD extension request (Filing #30027277).