Why 87,000 new IRS
agents are being linked to the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago (Connecting
the Dots: FBI, DOJ, IRS, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), American Constitution Society, Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Soros All Networking to Take Trump
Down and Weaponize the IRS Against the American Citizens)
Some supporters of former President Donald Trump see a
strengthened IRS as the political weaponization of a federal agency
By Jennifer Graham
Aug 10, 2022, 11:17am PDT
Ben Pollack holds his flag upside down as he stands near Mar-a-Lago, in background, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Greg Lovett, The Palm Beach Post via Associated Press
The Inflation Reduction Act that the Senate passed Sunday
seems to have nothing to do with Monday’s FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of former
President Donald Trump.
But it didn’t take long for people on social media to
start connecting the dots between what they see as politically driven overreach
by two federal agencies. And there was an ominous undertone echoed by
conservative media personalities: It’s happening to Trump, and it will happen
to you.
Internal
Revenue Service commissioner
Charles Rettig says the new agents will not be targeting ordinary Americans and
the hires are necessary to replace baby boomers who will soon be retiring. The
agency has said that
a staff shortage is partly responsible for the delay in processing in income
tax refunds in recent years, and former Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones
recently argued in The Hill that
“it’s time for the country to show some love for the only federal agency that
takes in much more revenue than it expends.” The IRS has also said that
the new hires would include IT and customer service positions and would be
phased in through 2031.
Still, there’s no doubt that the act, which has not yet
been voted on by the House, will result in what Slate called a “supercharged
IRS” if unchanged. Quoting the Washington
Free Beacon, radio personality Glenn Beck said the
hirings will double the size of the IRS workforce, giving it more workers than
those who work for “the Pentagon, the State Department, FBI and Border Patrol
combined.”
As Trump’s
taxes are part of several investigations involving the former
president, it’s easy to see why his supporters are suspicious of a newly robust
agency with the power to scrutinize personal financial records. Many believe
the Trump investigations are politically motivated and will expand to ordinary
people who support Trump. They see the FBI’s raid at Mar-a-Lago as part of a
long-standing witch hunt against the wealthy businessman who amassed political
power by promising to look after the interests of the “forgotten
Americans.”
And it helps their case that despite multiple
investigations spanning years and two impeachments, Trump has yet to be
criminally charged with anything, even in Robert Mueller’s 22-month investigation of
“Russiagate.”
Of course, that could change any day. Neither the White
House nor the Justice Department have commented on what the FBI sought in Monday’s
raid, and the warrant has not been made public. And it’s not just Republicans
who are saying that there will be consequences if there is no “smoking gun.”
Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate, wrote on
Twitter that while he is not a fan of Trump, “It looks increasingly like the
FBI raid was to find mishandled classified documents and not some other DOJ investigation which was my
first thought. Mishandling documents doesn’t seem like raid material.”
Meanwhile, while the IRS is not yet authorized to hire
those 87,000 new employees — the $430 billion bill still has to pass the House
— it didn’t take long for someone to find an ominous job listing on the
agency’s website.
“We’re hiring special agents now! Click to apply today!”
the careers page says,
adding that agents combine accounting skills with law enforcement.
Major duties, it goes on to say, include “carry a firearm
and be willing to use deadly force if necessary” and to “be willing and able to
participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous
assignments.”
With ads like this, it’s no wonder that some in the MAGA
movement are warning us to be afraid, very afraid.
Connecting
the Dots:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Charles O.
Rossotti was a commissioner for the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) and is a
director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Timothy D. Adams is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Herbert M.
Allison Jr. was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary
for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
David D.
Aufhauser is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank)
and was a general counsel for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
James A. Baker III is
an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and was a secretary for
the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Kenneth
W. Dam is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank)
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Stuart E.
Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank)
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Robert M. Kimmitt is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and was
a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department
of the Treasury.
Teresa M. Ressel is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and was
an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
George P. Shultz is
an honorary director at the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) and
was a secretary for the U.S. Department of
the Treasury.
Neal S. Wolin is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and was
a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department
of the Treasury.
James A. Baker III is
an honorary director at the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) and
was the general counsel for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
William H. Webster is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank), was a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and
a director at the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank)
and the American
Constitution Society.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was a board member for the American
Constitution Society and the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Barack
Obama administration.
Robert Raben was
a director at the American Constitution
Society and an assistant
attorney general for the U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ).
Walter E.
Dellinger III is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and was the acting solicitor general for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Christine A.
Varney is a director at the American
Constitution Society and was an
assistant attorney general for the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ).
Philippa
Scarlett was a director at the American
Constitution Society and a deputy
associate attorney general for the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ).
Janet
Reno was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and an attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Debo P. Adegbile is
a director at the American Constitution
Society and was an assistant
attorney general nominee for the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ).
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is
a division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is
a division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Resources:
Past Research
Obama: Executive Action
On Gun Control ‘Entirely Consistent’ With Constitution (Past Research on the DOJ & the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives)
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/01/obama-executive-action-on-gun-control.html
Audit: IRS Issued More
than $46 Million in Potentially Fraudulent Tax Refunds (Past Research on the IRS & the U.S. Department of the Treasury)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/12/audit-irs-issued-more-than-46-million.html
Left-Wing American
‘Constitution’ Society Urges Deep State to Undermine Trump (Past Research on the American Constitution Society)
SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/06/left-wing-american-constitution-society.html
Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) (PAST RESEARCH ON THE FBI, CIA
& DOJ)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2020/11/federal-bureau-of-investigation-fbi.html
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