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IRS visited Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi’s home same day as congressional testimony
Kamaji:
IRS visited Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi’s home same day as congressional testimony
By David Propper
March 28, 2023
An IRS agent stopped by the home of Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi the same day of his congressional testimony on the weaponization of the government, according to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, who’s demanding an explanation over the oddly timed visit.
Jordan sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and the Department of Treasury on Monday in hopes of getting to the bottom of why the federal agent appeared at Taibbi’s New Jersey home on March 9 and left a note, according to an editorial in The Wall Street Journal that cited the letter.
The note reportedly instructed Taibbi to call the IRS four days later.
When he did, an agent told him his 2018 and 2021 tax returns had both been rejected due to identity theft concerns.
Taibbi has been deeply involved in researching and reporting the Twitter Files — based off a trove of internal documents at the social media giant meant to expose unfair bias in the company’s past content moderation and the social media giant’s previous contact with government officials.
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Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/28/irs-visited-twitter-files-journalist-matt-taibbis-home-same-day-as-congressional-testimony/
mystery-ak:
IRS showed up at home of Twitter files journalist Matt Taibbi the day of his testimony to Congress
March 28, 2023 | Kevin Haggerty
The IRS appeared to have some explaining to do after “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi reported on a suspiciously timed visit that coincided with his Congressional testimony about threats to the First Amendment.
With billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform Twitter, and his personal philosophy of free speech absolutism, came the steady stream of receipts that implicated the federal government in working with Big Tech to suppress and control the flow of information regarding specific topics like the 2020 election and COVID. Those revelations were under investigation by the House Judiciary Committee before which Taibbi testified on March 9, the same day the IRS came knocking on his door.
First reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Editorial Board, Taibbi notified committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as soon as he became aware that the agency was auditing his 2018 and 2021 tax returns.
According to the journalist, while he was in Washington, D.C. testifying before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, an IRS agent reportedly ventured to his home with a note informing him to call the agency four days later.
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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/03/28/irs-showed-up-at-home-of-twitter-files-journalist-matt-taibbi-the-day-of-his-testimony-to-congress-1344863/
rangerrebew:
March 28, 2023
Police State: IRS pays a visit to Matt Taibbi on same day he testifies before Congress on government abuses
By Monica Showalter
What is anyone supposed to think of this?
According to the New York Post:
An IRS agent stopped by the home of Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi the same day of his congressional testimony on the weaponization of the government, according to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, who’s demanding an explanation over the oddly timed visit.
Jordan sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and the Department of Treasury on Monday in hopes of getting to the bottom of why the federal agent appeared at Taibbi’s New Jersey home on March 9 and left a note, according to an editorial in The Wall Street Journal that cited the letter.
The note reportedly instructed Taibbi to call the IRS four days later.
When he did, an agent told him his 2018 and 2021 tax returns had both been rejected due to identity theft concerns.
A home visit? No mail, no phone calls? The IRS does home visits all right, but only after cases are pretty well advanced and developed, and are quite likely is to lead to a monetary haul for the agency. Manpower is costly. This was about expended manpower for the weird and trivial task of asking Taibbi to call them in four days, something they could have sent him a letter for, or even more logically, just called him themselves. So yes, this visit looks pretty odd.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/police_state_irs_pays_a_visit_to_matt_taibbi_on_same_day_he_testifies_before_congress_on_government_abuses.html
Bigun:
We will never again be a truly free people for so long as we continue to abide the Marxist income tax and the IRS!
catfish1957:
Haven't we become a world of coincidences? /s
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