Recent reporting is John Kelly, Trumps former chief of staff, stating tfg’s asked about using IRS against several of tfg’s hate targets.
Trump Wanted I.R.S. Investigations of Foes, Top Aide Says
John F. Kelly, who was White House chief of staff, said that as president, Donald J. Trump wanted investigations into perceived enemies like James Comey, the former F.B.I. director.
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Mr. Kelly said that along with Mr. Comey and Mr. McCabe, Mr. Trump discussed using the I.R.S. and the Justice Department to investigate the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan; Hillary Clinton; Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the owner of The Washington Post, whose coverage often angered Mr. Trump; Peter Strzok, the lead F.B.I. agent on the Russia investigation; and Lisa Page, an F.B.I. official who exchanged text messages with Mr. Strzok that were critical of Mr. Trump.
But far less is known about how he tried to weaponize the I.R.S.
Mr. Trump was familiar with how I.R.S. audits functioned.
Approx. thirty paragraphs and the mystery man’s name isn’t printed even once in the NYT article.
Weaponizing the Barr inJustice Dept and the USPS etc was how he rolled. Of course tfg would contact his appointee at the IRS surreptitiously.
What the heck? Of course he did/would. He wasn’t asking for Kelly’s permission, he was bragging.
Gen. John Kelly confirms Trump wanted IRS to audit his foes or have the DOJ investigate them.
Charles Rettig was a tfg’s holdover till just a couple of days after that article was published, well into President Biden’s first term.
The IRS, is currently (July 10, 2023) the subject of the first twenty minutes of the Nicolle Wallace program and the names tfg and Strzok and Comey and Kelly etc. etc. are constantly used BUT BUT NEVER is the name Charles Rettig mentioned.
Charles Rettig’, appointed by tfg to head the IRS held onto his office till, November, 2022, was allowed to complete his term, untouched or mentioned. Sorta like De Joy at USPS, except the IRS doesn’t have a Board to impede his removal.
Why in most articles by reporters, including this lengthy NYT piece, is his name avoided scrupulously?
Going on twenty minutes for this MSNBC Wallace report and still they can’t say Charles Rettig.
John Kelly, John Kelly, John Kelly, but no Charles Rettig.
The reason he asked John Kelly if he should have his hate list investigated was, because he was Bragging. Ask Strzok and Comey if they were targeted for IRS auditing. tfg didn’t have to ask John Kelly’s permission.
Trump has an intimate relationship with the man he appointed as chief of the IRS, Charles Rettig.
Here’s a part of the relationship.
IRS Chief Makes More Than $100,000 Per Year Off Trump Property, Documents Show.
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and,
Trump’s IRS chief earns over $100,000 per year from Trump property while in office: new documents.
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig has refused to release Trump’s tax returns despite law requiring him to do so.
Published September 2, 2020 2:25PM (EDT
www.salon.com/...
Nicolle Wallace finished the segment by saying she’s gonna continue to look into John Kelly’s accusations about tfg’s ‘threat’ to have the IRS go after people who tell the truth.
Wonder if she will ever use the name Charles Rettig?