IRS Was 'Asleep at the Wheel' for Failing to Audit Trump Tax Returns, Senate Finance Chair Says

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The Internal Revenue Service was 'asleep at the wheel' when it came to handling former President Trump's tax returns, said Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden

The Internal Revenue Service was"asleep at the wheel" when it came to handling former President Donald Trump's tax returns, said Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden.

His assessment came after a House committee reported that the IRS had only started one mandatory audit of Trump's personal income tax returns during his four years in the White House.

of Trump's personal income tax returns during his four years in the White House — even though the agency's rules required annual audits of the president's tax returns.That sole mandatory audit of Trump's 2016 tax return was not completed while he was in office, according to the House panel's investigation, which concluded that the presidential audit program was"dormant, at best," during the Trump administration.

"There is no justification for the failure to conduct the required presidential audits until a congressional inquiry was made," Wyden's statement said. "I have additional questions about the extent to which resource issues or fear of political retaliation from the White House contributed to lapses here," the senator added.

 

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That was deliberate on part of the IRS.

You guys have such a hard on for trump!! Always a story about him!! Never anything about sleepy Joe!!

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