If federal investigators continue to press the matter, they aren’t confirming that publicly.
, as well as, the Salt Lake City resident has said, in follow-up interviews with federal investigators.
“It’s time,” he told “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. “This is just too important to fall through the cracks.” David Nielsen, a former senior portfolio manager with the LDS Church's investment wing who turned whistleblower, talks to correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi in Sunday's edition of "60 Minutes."In response to Tribune inquiries, an IRS spokesperson said the agency can neither confirm or deny anything involving its interactions with whistleblowers.
Sullivan said he has spoken to Senate staffers on the matter “more than once, but I couldn’t really say more than that.” Sullivan underscored a sense of urgency in his statement. He affirmed Nielsen’s interview in the face of church criticisms and said Sunday’s broadcast brought new “bombshell” admissions that strengthened some of the whistleblower’s key claims.
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