.MaddowBlog: The other whistleblower controversy dogging Team Trump.
Rachel sat down with Stephen Colbert this week, and the host asked about other major stories of note that the public isn’t necessarily hearing about because of the focus on Donald Trump’s impeachment crisis. Their exchange reminded me that I hadn’t yet written about a story I’ve been meaning to mention.MADDOW: The intelligence community whistleblower who came forward that led to this impeachment scandal is one thing.
The Internal Revenue Service is responsible for conducting an annual audit of the president’s tax returns – a post-Watergate reform that’s applied to every modern president – which ordinarily wouldn’t be especially notable. But as the Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell noted in a column this week, according to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal , an anonymous whistleblower over the summer offered credible allegations of “evidence of possible misconduct,” specifically “inappropriate efforts to influence” the audit of Trump’s materials.
To be sure, there’s a lot about this we don’t know, and it’s tough to gauge the validity of the accusations without more information. All kinds of key details – the nature of the complaint, who allegedly acted inappropriately, how the whistleblower came to learn of the alleged misconduct, his or her possible motivations, etc. – aren’t yet available to the public.
The Democratic committee chairman added that the issue surrounding the whistleblower complaint is in the hands of the House General Counsel, “and I’m probably not going to say any more about that.”
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