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IRS chief refers Comey, McCabe audit decision to inspector general for review
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)The head of the Internal Revenue Service has asked a watchdog to investigate the decision to conduct rare tax audits of former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the agency announced Thursday.
"The IRS has referred the matter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for review. IRS Commissioner (Charles) Rettig personally reached out to TIGTA after receiving a press inquiry," the IRS said in a statement.
The agency is under scrutiny following a report from The New York Times on Wednesday that the IRS conducted intensive tax audits of McCabe and Comey, both fierce critics of former President Donald Trump, during his administration.
McCabe told CNN on Thursday that he thinks "referring it to the IG is the right step, but let's see if the IG moves on it and then makes their findings public."
"The IRS has referred the matter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for review. IRS Commissioner (Charles) Rettig personally reached out to TIGTA after receiving a press inquiry," the IRS said in a statement.
The agency is under scrutiny following a report from The New York Times on Wednesday that the IRS conducted intensive tax audits of McCabe and Comey, both fierce critics of former President Donald Trump, during his administration.
McCabe told CNN on Thursday that he thinks "referring it to the IG is the right step, but let's see if the IG moves on it and then makes their findings public."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/politics/internal-revenue-service-inspector-general-probe-comey-mccabe/index.html?utm_term=165721540143738686cb81e2c&utm_source=cnn_Breaking+News&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=9OiznNUWgcZadCg3QvlOWrkLPON8%2BonqYOBKXPVs8F5a3EJ%2BgIBhg8iQp3IjdqxD&bt_ts=1657215401439
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IRS chief refers Comey, McCabe audit decision to inspector general for review (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jul 2022
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RockRaven
(14,974 posts)1. Rettig has been there since 2018. He's going to pretend he learned about this from the press?
Yeah. Okay.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,819 posts)2. This was supposed to be a stabbing in a dark alley.
Then the lights came on.
fightforfreedom
(4,913 posts)3. Trump is truly an evil mother fucker.
The chances are zero Trump did not order the audits on Comey and McCabe. There is another felony Trump should be charged with.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)4. Is this one of the ig's tfg appointed after firing the real one?
I don't expect anything from tfg ig's. It's an unexposed scandal about he gutted the doj.
BumRushDaShow
(129,106 posts)5. The current guy has been in the position almost 20 years
and was appointed by Shrub - https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/about_ig.shtml