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S Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado, on July 10, 2012.

Journalist Nicholas Shaxson, author of “Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens,” joins Patt to talk about his Vanity Fair article looking into Mitt Romney's offshore financial dealings. How do they work? And what’s a blind trust?

WEIGH IN:

What do you think about Mitt Romney's offshore accounts?

Guest:

Nicholas Shaxson, author of the piece “Where the Money Lives” in this month’s Vanity Fair