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brooklynite

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Thu Oct 3, 2019, 04:33 PM Oct 2019

IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit

Source: Washington Post

An Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistleblower complaint reporting that he was told at least one Treasury Department political appointee attempted to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the president or vice president’s tax returns, according to multiple people familiar with the document.

Trump administration officials dismissed the whistleblower’s complaint as flimsy because it is based on conversations with other government officials. But congressional Democrats were alarmed by the complaint, now circulating on Capitol Hill, and flagged it to a federal judge. They are also discussing whether to make it public.

The complaint has come amid the escalating legal battle between the Treasury Department and House Democrats over the release of President Trump’s tax returns. Part of that inquiry from Democrats is over how the IRS conducts its annual audit of the president and vice president’s tax returns. That process is supposed to be walled off from political appointees and interference.

The existence of a whistleblower complaint was revealed in a court filing several months ago, but little about it has become public. It has not been revealed previously that the complaint pertained to allegations of interference in the audit process by at least one Treasury Department official. It has also not been previously revealed that the whistleblower is a career IRS official.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/irs-whistleblower-said-to-report-treasury-political-appointee-might-have-tried-to-interfere-in-audit-of-trump-or-pence/2019/10/03/0c768b34-e52e-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html



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IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2019 OP
"One" political appointee? Not all of them? NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #1
Hmm... 4139 Oct 2019 #2
Another Trump apparatchik/ratf**ker in the wood pile. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #3
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2019 #4
When the complaint is made public, more shit will hit fan. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2019 #5
Surprise surprise Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #6

4139

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2. Hmm...
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 04:39 PM
Oct 2019

“ he was told at least one Treasury Department political appointee attempted to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the president or vice president’s ”


“or”???


Let thing we would need right now is a hoax allegation.


“or”????

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