The IRS comes knocking
Interestingly, on the same day that journalist Matt Taibbi was angering the D.C. establishment
1.) Government intimidation
What are the odds the IRS would pay a reporter a house call the same day that he was testifying to Congress about government overreach?
Matt Taibbi told members of Congress that an IRS agent showed up at his home on the very same day he was testifying before the House about how the FBI and other government entities had, in essence, weaponized Twitter.
He says the house call was related to the IRS rejecting his 2018 and 2021 tax returns over identity theft concerns. However, the IRS never notified him of a problem with that return, which had been filed over four years ago.
Could it be a coincidence? Of course. But in my 58 years, I’ve never had a friend say, “Hey, Ken, the IRS showed up unannounced at my home today.”
The Wall Street Journal questioned why an agent was sent to Taibbi’s home. Usually, you get a letter. If your taxes were prepared by an agent, which his were, maybe that person gets a call. The IRS doesn’t show up on your doorstep. Or at least, they didn’t use to.
The IRS now has an additional $80 billion in funding from Congress to increase its investigation capabilities.
2.) Speaking of government intimidation, here’s a little-known Fox story.
I've never written about this before, mainly because my lawyers implored me to shut up. It got almost no press coverage.
The federal U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York did its best to find crimes with which to charge Roger Ailes and Fox News in 2016. Based on shoddy reporting by the New Yorker, prosecutors empaneled a grand jury and subpoenaed records, emails, and executives, including me.
They required me to fly back to New York, where they questioned me about a number of things. None of those things were even remotely unethical, nor anywhere close to illegal.
The lead prosecutor was a young man named Damien Williams, who was, I kid you not, a “Soros Fellow” through the foundation that helped pay for his law school. He’s now the U.S. Attorney for that district, the same job Rudy Giuliani once held.
They came up empty in their investigation, and never publicly ended it, just let it fade away.
It was never about justice. It was always about intimidation and prosecuting a news organization for reporting the “wrong” things.
3.) Not quiet in the library
A library director has been fired after he and his staff repeatedly and intentionally interrupted an event held by Kirk Cameron.
Cameron and NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines (who spoke out against trans swimmer Lia Thomas) were recording a promotional video for Cameron’s book. Library staff members began playing music, talking loudly, and slamming cabinets to interrupt the video. The director was accused of not keeping his staff under control and of being “unkind” towards Cameron and the group he was with.
Odd timing & they think were falling for this game
Not since Manafort wayback since 2016+ to date
Old news
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