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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Senate Is Now Investigating Trump's Treasury Dept For Meddling In Tax Return Audit
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/18/senate-investigating-trump-treasury-dept-meddling-tax-return-audit.htmlPosted on Mon, Nov 18th, 2019 by Sean Colarossi
The Senate Is Now Investigating Trumps Treasury Dept For Meddling In Tax Return Audit
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According to The Washington Post, Two senators are looking into a whistleblowers allegations that at least one political appointee at the Treasury Department may have tried to interfere with an audit of President Trump or Vice President Pence, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, a sign that lawmakers are moving to investigate the complaint lodged by a senior staffer at the Internal Revenue Service.
The report notes that staffers for GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden met with the whistleblower earlier this month and follow-up interviews are expected
More from The Post:
It could not be learned to what extent the senators consider the whistleblower a credible source. Trump administration officials have previously played down the complaints significance and suggested that it is politically motivated.
The whistleblower, a career IRS official, initially filed a complaint in July, reporting that he was told that at least one Treasury political appointee attempted to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the presidents or vice presidents tax returns. In recent weeks, the whistleblower filed additional documentation related to the original complaint, which was given to congressional officials in July, the two people said. These people spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the complaint, which pertains to a confidential IRS audit that cannot be disclosed under federal law.
The whistleblower, a career IRS official, initially filed a complaint in July, reporting that he was told that at least one Treasury political appointee attempted to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the presidents or vice presidents tax returns. In recent weeks, the whistleblower filed additional documentation related to the original complaint, which was given to congressional officials in July, the two people said. These people spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the complaint, which pertains to a confidential IRS audit that cannot be disclosed under federal law.
Trump is terrified that Congress and the American people will see his tax returns
The fact that Donald Trump has so far refused to release his tax returns despite the long-observed norm that candidates for president disclose them indicates that he doesnt want the public to see behind the curtain of his finances.
The revelation that Trumps Treasury Department is potentially improperly meddling in an audit of his tax returns only further demonstrates just how terrified he is that either Congress or the public will get a glimpse of the documents.
When it comes to his tax returns, Trump is behaving like a man who knows hes a fraud and just doesnt want the public to see further proof of that reality.
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The Senate Is Now Investigating Trump's Treasury Dept For Meddling In Tax Return Audit (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2019
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C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)1. What a coincidence
All Trumps returns seem to have been redacted with a sharpie.
SalmonChantedEvening
(31,952 posts)2. Caution: Weasels At Work.
In every department, and in every office.
mopinko
(70,208 posts)3. i really cant believe no one has made an issue of his failure to disclose as prez.
i mean, come on.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)4. Some whistleblowers they like
Cartaphelius
(868 posts)5. The investigation is scheduled
for late January 2021..
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)6. That ought to be a real
interesting cover up.
greyl
(22,990 posts)7. K & R