The reporter says the IRS visited his home on the same day as he testified to Congress about the “weaponization” of government.
journalist Matt Taibbi’s home on the same day that he testified to a House subcommittee investigating the “weaponization” of government.
White House spokesman John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, declined to provide a substantive reply.“Federal law prohibits the IRS from commenting on individual taxpayer matters,” spokesman Robert Marvin told The Post. “That the IRS appeared at someone’s home while he’s testifying about the weaponization of the federal government before Congress? Because I think it’s miniscule. I think it’s one in a million or less,” Stewart said.
Matt Taibbi, left, said an IRS revenue officer visited his home on the same day as his March 9 testimony to Congress.When he did, an IRS agent reportedly told him that his returns for 2018 and 2021 had been rejected due to identity theft concerns. , including “[a]ll documents and communications between or among the IRS, Treasury Department, and any other Executive Branch entity referring or relating to Matthew Taibbi.”Taibbi’s testimony concerning federal pressure on Twitter to censor content was marked by Democratic attacks. Del. Stacey Plaskett accused him of being a “so-called journalist” in one widely circulated exchange.
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