IRS Job Listing: Special Agents Must ‘Carry a Firearm and Be Willing to Use Deadly Force’

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IRS Job Listing: Special Agents Must ‘Carry a Firearm and Be Willing to Use Deadly Force’

AWR Hawkins 10 Aug 2022

A job listing for the position of IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent stresses that applicants must “carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force” in order to carry out their duties.

The job listing says:

As a Special Agent you will combine your accounting skills with law enforcement skills to investigate financial crimes. Special Agents are duly sworn law enforcement officers who are trained to “follow the money.” No matter what the source, all income earned, both legal and illegal, has the potential of becoming involved in crimes which fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the IRS Criminal Investigation. Because of the expertise required to conduct these complex financial investigations, IRS Special Agents are considered the premier financial investigators for the Federal government

It goes on to describe Special Agent “major duties,” which include “[carrying] a firearm and [being] willing to use deadly force, if necessary.” Applicants for the Special Agent position must also “be willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments.”

Breitbart News reported on June 19 Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) concerns over the IRS’s purchase of approximately $700,000 of ammunition “between March and June 1” of this year.

Gaetz said, “There is concern that this is part of a broader effort to have any entity in the federal government buy up ammo to reduce the amount of ammunition that is in supply, while at the same time making it harder to produce ammo.”

On August 3 Breitbart News pointed to a tweet by Rep, Lauren Boebert (R-CO) in which she echoed Gaetz’s concern over the ammo purchases.

Boebert tweeted:

https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1554847824591917058

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/10/irs-job-listing-special-agents-must-carry-firearm-be-willing-use-deadly-force/

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IRS Job Page Removed After Alarming Description of the Special Agent Position Got Exposed
Matt Vespa

Posted: Aug 10, 2022 3:00 PM

Again, there’s that long-running joke that we don’t have a secret police force or an American version of the Schutzstaffel because the Internal Revenue Service exists. Of all agencies in the government, this one probably has the most accurate and up-to-date files on every taxpayer, which is no surprise. It was seen as the most hated agency in America for legitimate purposes, though the FBI and DOJ might have supplanted them given the recent raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

Still, the IRS becoming secret police might no longer be a joke. The page was taken down for problematic copy regarding the special agent positions, but screenshots were taken. It read fine regarding the hours, being open to working on weekends, and other rudimentary line items of federal employment. Where most people’s eyes fell out of their sockets should have occurred when it also said that one must be comfortable carrying a firearm and, if necessary, use deadly force.

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/08/10/irs-job-page-removed-after-alarming-description-of-the-special-agent-position-got-n2611563

[Kamaji]

Let's not get carried away.

The IRS has had "special agents" most likely ever since its inception.

A "special agent" is a law enforcement officer, and is authorized to carry a firearm and make arrests.  They staff the IRS Criminal Investigation Division - the CID.

If someone introduces themselves as an IRS agent, you get their business card and tell them that your accountant will call them back.  If you don't have an accountant, ask them for an IDR to get things started if they're examining you - this is a civil examination.

If someone introduces themselves as an IRS special agent, get their business card and tell them that your attorney will call them back.  Then go get yourself a criminal attorney who has experience with criminal tax matters.  Do not talk to the special agent any more except with your attorney present.  If you're dealing with one of these characters, then you or someone you know is in a whole heap of trouble.

[jafo2010]

The IRS is antiquated.  Time to end it with the FBI and CIA.  When an agency has too much power and is more powerful than the people they serve, it is time to purge and start over.