Posted on 02/18/2025 4:16:49 AM PST by MtnClimber
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday accused the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of targeting him with a politically motivated audit in the last days of the Biden regime, calling the move a “total sham.”
“Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ‘audit’ of the incoming SecDef,” Hegseth wrote on his official X account, adding: “Total sham.” Hegseth included a photo of an IRS document stating that he and his wife Jennifer owed the government $33,558.16. The IRS said the sum needed to be paid immediately to avoid further penalties.
“The party of ‘norms’ and ‘decency’ strikes again. We will never back down,” Hegseth wrote in his post.
Commenting on the Defense Secretary’s post, DOGE chief Elon Musk wrote: “They love the low blows.”
Hegseth was confirmed (51-50) as secretary of defense on January 24 with the help of Vice President JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote.
While the details of the IRS case against Hegseth remain sketchy, the incident is reminiscent of how the IRS was weaponized against political enemies during the Obama era.
Beginning in 2010, the IRS began targeting conservatives groups for audits and excessive tax-exempt scrutiny.
The IRS and FBI improperly targeted conservative nonprofit groups for special scrutiny ahead of the 2012 general election. The IRS essentially stopped processing applications for 501(c)(4) tax-exemption status received from organizations with “Tea Party,” “patriots,” or “9/12” in their names. During the same time period, the agency approved applications from several dozen liberal-leaning organizations whose names included terms such as “progressive,” “progress,” “liberal,” or “equality.
It looks like DOGE may have some cleanup to do at the IRS.
BTTT
The IRS has been politically weaponized since the Obama years.
The Deep State Empire fights back and loses. The Trump effect strikes again!
“Hey IRS!” Pete sneers, “You and what Army?”
How many IRS workers owe back taxes???
IRS audit report finds employees owe $50 million in back taxes: ‘Double standard’
Story by Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner • 6mo • 3 min read
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/irs-audit-report-finds-employees-owe-50-million-in-back-taxes-double-standard/ar-BB1qQdcW
Pay your taxes.
That will change in the near future.
____“Hey IRS!” Pete sneers, “You and what Army?”____
How many divisions does the IRS have? Send the armed IRS agents to Mexican border for enforcement duties. Make them earn their paychecks...... instead of shirking from home.
Set them up with new Chinese made tents and cots.
Al Sharpton’s day is coming.
Georgy Soros’ weaponized IRS.
It seems to me that the main “cleanup” needed here is that Joe Biden needs his “clock cleaned”.
These people are really stupid. Even now they can't see what is happening.
Since before then
I remember when a woman heckled Bill Clinton…and was audited
Two words.
Lois Lerner.
Remember? IRS?
Hurt many conservative people.
Got away with it and a great pension.
Audits and anal probes for Pelosi, Schiff, Cheney, Schumer — the whole crew.
This article leads me to some questions:
1. Is it really an audit or instead a tax bill when they already know, or claim to know, how much he owes?
2. What are they going after him on? There are areas that are black and white, and then there are gray areas.
3. Is the (apparent) tax bill consistent with with their policy, if in a gray area?
4. Is it policy to look more closely, within reason, at high-profile people? Maybe there is a case for that, but then it would be up to the IRS to prove it’s applied fairly. If not, people need to be jailed.
One thing that I don’t recall ever hearing is Democrats complaining about being unfairly targeted.
There’s a lot to investigate, for sure.
Yeah, I should have said “as far as I know”. But Obama restructured the government far more than Clinton. Clinton was just corrupt and a sell-out, whereas Obama was a full-blown Marxist Jihadist with goals of overthrowing Western Civilization.
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