A former IRS commissioner reportedly said that the 'random' audits were 'suspicious.'
" selected, while the odds of being picked for the invasive audit by mere chance were reportedly one in more than 30,000.
"Lightning strikes, and that's unusual, and that's what it's like being picked for one of these audits," former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the."The question is: Does lightning then strike again in the same area? Does it happen? Some people may see that in their lives, but most will not — so you don't need to be an anti-Trumper to look at this and think it's suspicious.
Former President Donald Trump was compared to former President Richard Nixon following a report that the IRS may have targeted two top FBI officials with a rare form of"random" audit after Trump spoke out against them during his time in the White House. Trump, left, during a rally in Mendon, Illinois, on June 25, 2022; Nixon, right, during an election victory speech in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 1972.
article by pointing out that Nixon's White House had supplied then-IRS Commissioner Johnnie Mac Walters with an"enemies list" while unsuccessfully attempting to convince him to target Nixon's enemies with tax audits during the time of the Watergate scandal.
Trying to use the IRS to go after political enemies might end up being another instance of Trump succeeding where Nixon failed
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