- Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:36 pm
#134361
Apparently, McCabe and Comey got the business from the IRS. Out of 150 million or so tax returns McCabe and Comey just happened to be picked for "random" audits? Even the most non political observer would at least say that this was suspicious. This the kind of shit that got Nixon into trouble...now I'm wondering who will be getting locked up for this???
A top legal expert has suggested it is "no coincidence" that former FBI Director James Comey and former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who were both fired by Donald Trump, were selected for a rare and intensive audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
Comey and McCabe were both subjected to random tax audits in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
However, as noted by The New York Times, the odds of being selected for the audit is around one in 30,600, raising questions on the likelihood that two high-ranking FBI officials who were previously fired by Trump, and that the former wanted to prosecute, both happened to be chosen.
Responding to the news, Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, dismissed the idea that both men were randomly selected and implied that Trump may have been using the IRS as a weapon against his foes.
Joe Scarborough, the co-host of Morning Joe who previously worked as an attorney, also suggested: "Did Trump Use IRS to Target Comey and McCabe? Looks like it."
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, who was appointed by Trump in 2018, declined to comment. The agency later said he had no role in selecting those subjected to the intensive audit.
"As IRS commissioner, he has never been in contact with the White House — in either administration—on IRS enforcement or individual taxpayer matters," the statement said. "He has been committed to running the IRS. in an impartial, unbiased manner from top to bottom."
A top legal expert has suggested it is "no coincidence" that former FBI Director James Comey and former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who were both fired by Donald Trump, were selected for a rare and intensive audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
Comey and McCabe were both subjected to random tax audits in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
However, as noted by The New York Times, the odds of being selected for the audit is around one in 30,600, raising questions on the likelihood that two high-ranking FBI officials who were previously fired by Trump, and that the former wanted to prosecute, both happened to be chosen.
Responding to the news, Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, dismissed the idea that both men were randomly selected and implied that Trump may have been using the IRS as a weapon against his foes.
Joe Scarborough, the co-host of Morning Joe who previously worked as an attorney, also suggested: "Did Trump Use IRS to Target Comey and McCabe? Looks like it."
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, who was appointed by Trump in 2018, declined to comment. The agency later said he had no role in selecting those subjected to the intensive audit.
"As IRS commissioner, he has never been in contact with the White House — in either administration—on IRS enforcement or individual taxpayer matters," the statement said. "He has been committed to running the IRS. in an impartial, unbiased manner from top to bottom."
- By johnforbes