Comey & McCabe IRS Audit: Retribution by Trump
Former Chief Of Staff John Kelly accused Trump of having the IRS retaliate against perceived enemies: F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
John Kelly says Trump discussed using IRS to retaliate against FBI employees.
New York Times Washington correspondent Mike Schmidt and former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann discuss Schmidt’s reporting on new evidence of a potentially illegal pressure campaign by Trump. Jul 10, 2023
Weaponized the Federal Government Against Political Enemies
The Trump IRS Audited former F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe shortly after he called for Comey and McCabe to be “Punished”. Former Chief Of Staff John Kelly accused Trump of having the I.R.S. investigate political enemies such as former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe. Nov 15, 2022
Former U.S. Attorney Berman Reveals How Trump Weaponized The DOJ
Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman, details instances when Donald Trump abused the power of the Department of Justice.
Former F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe were audited by the Trump Administration’s IRS, shortly after Trump called for Comey and McCabe to be punished. The audit was conducted under the leadership of a Trump appointee, who has now agreed to an internal probe of the audits.
New York Times: Trump sought tax investigations of political foes | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his onetime White House chief of staff, John Kelly, that he wanted the Internal Revenue Service to investigate his political foes, Kelly told The New York Times.
Per the above article: “Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his onetime White House chief of staff, John Kelly, that he wanted the Internal Revenue Service to investigate his political foes, Kelly told The New York Times.
Among the people Trump wanted to “get the I.R.S. on” were former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Kelly told the newspaper.
“I would say, ‘It’s inappropriate, it’s illegal, it’s against their integrity and the I.R.S. knows what it’s doing and it’s not a good idea,’” Kelly said he told Trump, according to the Times. “Yeah, but they’re writing bad things about me,” Trump responded, according to Kelly.
McCabe and Comey, both fierce critics of Trump, were ultimately selected by the Internal Revenue Service for an intensive tax audit. The Times noted earlier this year that the odds of any one person being selected for the audit are about one in 30,600, raising questions about how two of Trump’s most visible critics were both selected”.
