WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS commissioner has asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Both were frequent targets of Donald Trump’s ire. An IRS spokesperson says the agency has officially referred the matter to the inspector general for tax administration after IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, a close ally of the former president, personally reached out. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the former FBI leaders were subjected to rare IRS audits of their tax returns. The IRS spokesperson says it’s “ludicrous and untrue to suggest that senior IRS officials somehow targeted specific individuals” for such audits.
IRS asks Treasury watchdog to probe Comey, McCabe tax audits
