Pete Hegseth accuses Biden IRS of rushing through last minute audit of him – Washington Examiner
pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, has accused the Biden administration’s IRS of hastily conducting an audit of his and his wife’s finances following his nomination for the position. He made the claim via a social media post, which included a photo suggesting that the IRS informed him he and his wife owed over $33,500 in taxes. Hegseth labeled the audit as a ”total sham,” criticizing the Biden administration for its actions and asserting that they contradict their professed values of “norms and decency.” This incident occurs in the context of ongoing political tensions regarding IRS funding and its targeting of taxpayers, particularly during the previous administration when the IRS faced allegations of unfair scrutiny of conservative groups.
Pete Hegseth accuses Biden IRS of rushing through last minute audit of him
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed that the Biden administration IRS “rushed” an audit of his and his wife’s finances after he was nominated for the role.
Hegseth, 44, made the accusation on X on Monday afternoon. Few details were immediately available, but he posted a photo of what appeared to show the IRS telling him that he and his wife, Jennifer, owed the IRS a balance of more than $33,500.
“Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ‘audit’ of the incoming SecDef. Total sham,” Hegseth said in a social media post accompanying the photo. “The party of ‘norms’ and ‘decency’ strikes again. We will never back down.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to the IRS and Pentagon for comment.
During the Obama administration, the IRS generated a wave of controversy after it was found to be improperly singling out conservative groups, with the agency apologizing for the aggressive scrutiny of the groups in 2017.
During the Biden administration, Republicans have pushed back on efforts to give the IRS more money for audits out of fear that agents would not just target the wealthy but also go after middle class taxpayers.
Democrats gave the IRS tens of millions of dollars more in funding as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, arguing that the funding would be used to close the tax gap by going after wealthy tax cheats.
Republicans have sought to claw back that funding.
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