IMO the corruption in the IRS and other federal agencies is far worse than even most pessimists imagine.
It is so bad that I also believe there is no realistic “legal” recourse because the corrupted people and agencies so completely permeate the entire federal system.
I see three ways this could go:
1) As it is now, and continuing to get worse until the police state is so bad we resemble a Soviet bloc country. (most likely scenario)
2) The media in mass turns on the criminals in government, especially Herr Leader, and goes after him as they did Nixon until they destroy him (nearly impossible)
3) A sufficient number of Americans finally resort to massive civil disobedience, which would likely evolve into violence and extreme government crackdown (possible, extremely unlikely)
If we had a real opposition party I would add a 4th possibility to this list. The Republican Party is nothing more than a dog and pony show. Means nothing, changes nothing, will change nothing.
4) 1775
I believe the main reason things have gotten so bad is that the media is complicit in the corruption of power evidenced by the current regime. We have the government they want us to have. That’s because they are communists, too.
Instead of exposing corruption, as they were intended to do with their 1st Amendment protections, they give a public beatdown to any opposition.