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.
If you read the picture the irs says in the letter that it is auditing him and his wife.
“If you read the picture the irs says in the letter that it is auditing him and his wife.”
Duh, thanks. It still would be good to get a bit more of the letter.
If there are about 15,000 troops in a division, then the IRS has about 6 divisions.
“…pay your taxes….”
Naaaa. Just take it out of the $4.7 trillion the thieving basstids already “lost”. 🤬
Auditing both of them just means that he filed Married Filing Jointly.
Biden was just the tip of the iceberg of government corruption in the US.
I know people who were audited nearly continuously for years. They were early Tea Party activists and Republican donors.
Looking forward to this ending soon.
Maybe they can someday get around to paying me the money they owe me. Of course it will be without interest.
This is why we can’t let the pinkos gain control again.
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