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Nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February… (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff…)

An explosive report in today’s (July 12) Boston Globe has raised even more questions about Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital and what he’s hiding in his tax returns.

Here’s the rundown.

What Mitt Roney says: He says left Bain Capital in February 1999 to go run the Olympics and had nothing to do with the company after that and is therefore not responsible for the factories it closed, workers it laid off, and jobs it shipped overseas.

What official government documents say:

• “Until 2002, when Romney and Bain Capital finalized a severance agreement, he remained the firm’s ‘sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president,’ according to SEC documents. [...]“
• “Romney’s state financial disclosure forms indicate he earned at least $100,000 as a Bain ‘executive’ in 2001 and 2002, separate from investment earnings.”
• His name appears several times in various official documents filed with the SEC and signed by Romney. For example, his name appears 18 times in this February 14, 2000 filing.

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