Inspector General: No Political Influence In Comey|McCabe Audits During Trump Administration

Following up on my previous posts:

• New York Times, Comey And McCabe, Who Infuriated Trump, Both Faced Intensive IRS Audits
• Wall Street Journal, Comey|McCabe IRS Audits AND ProPublica Tax Leak Should Be Investigated
• IRS, No Political Influence In Comey|McCabe Audits

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, National Research Program Tax Return Selection Process for Tax Years 2017 and 2019:

In July 2022, a media outlet reported that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) process to select specific taxpayers for the Tax Years 2017 and 2019 NRP audits may not have been random. At the request of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and representatives from Congress, TIGTA’s Office of Inspections and Evaluations, initiated a review to determine if the IRS randomly selected individual income tax returns for Tax Years 2017 and 2019 NRP audits.

A new report released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found that the IRS randomly selected Tax Years 2017 and 2019 tax returns for National Research Program (NRP) audits.

Washington Post, Trump Did Not Target ex-FBI Leaders With Tax Audits, Investigators Say:

Investigators at the Treasury Department determined that the IRS did not inappropriately target former FBI leaders James B. Comey and Andrew McCabe with aggressive audits, following a New York Times report in July that raised questions about whether President Donald Trump sicced the tax agency on his political enemies.

• Bloomberg, IRS Audits Sweeping up Ex-FBI Chiefs Not Improper, Watchdog Says
• Law360, TIGTA Finds No Wrongdoing In IRS Intensive Audit Program
• New York Times, Report Suggests Tax Audits of Trump Foes Were Random, but Leaves Questions
• Wall Street Journal, IRS Audits That Included Comey, McCabe Were Random Selections, Report Finds