Senate aides met with tax return whistleblower: report
By Naomi Jagoda and Jordain Carney - 11/18/19 05:05 PM EST
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Aides to the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee met earlier this month with a federal employee who alleges possible inappropriate efforts to influence an IRS audit of President Trump or Vice President Pence, The Washington Post reported Monday, citing two people with knowledge of the matter.
The Post reported that the lawmakers' offices are planning follow-up interviews and that it isn't known to what extent the senators — Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) — consider the whistleblower to be credible.
The Post's report indicates that lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are looking at the whistleblower's allegations. The existence of the whistleblower was first made public in a court filing in August in the House Ways and Means Committee's lawsuit aimed at obtaining six years of President Trump's federal tax returns.
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https://thehill.com/policy/finance/470988-senate-aides-met-with-tax-return-whistleblower-report
