"Sometime in the next six months, and prior to the election, Gov. Romney will file and release the 2011 return when there is sufficientinformation to provide an accurate return, " Saul's statement said, adding that Romney had filed similar extensions in previous years.
"Even if some of his statements are misleading by their negative implication that Mr. Bakaly was not a source of information that he in fact supplied or confirmed, such a finding does not provide a sufficient basis for a criminal contempt conviction for making false statements, " Johnson wrote in a 50-page ruling.