Was it the Kennedy or Eisenhower IRS that went after Sgt. York?
If the President intervenes, then cries of “unfair” follow.
If the President doesn't intervene, then the press reports it as though everything is being played out according to the law.
The IRS, much like the State Dept, has been politicized since early Roosevelt administration.
I suspect that the State Dept is one of the last vestiges of Communist group think left in the West.