Bingo. This is a big time culture war issue.
There are far too many Leftist ‘embeds’ within the halls of government agencies. They have absolutely no qualms about cheating or going after Republicans and those they deem threats, using every tool at their disposal. Election rigging, tax audits, bogus investigations from everything from the IRS to the FBI. This is a MUCH broader issue than just the IRS.
Leftists are attracted to positions of unaccountable power like moths to a porchlamp. You can’t get better moths to alleviate the situation, you must remove the porchlamp.
These agencies need to be absolutely neutered, if not disbanded.