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 | | Subject: Gen. John Kelly Confirms Trump Audit Foes. Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:59 pm | |
| 11-13-2022
Gen. John Kelly confirms Trump wanted IRS to audit
his foes or have the DOJ investigate them.
The New York Times is confirming that Gen. John Kelly confirmed that former President Donald Trump wanted the IRS to audit his foes.
"While in office, President Donald J. Trump repeatedly told John F. Kelly, his second White House chief of staff, that he wanted a number of his perceived political enemies to be investigated by the Internal Revenue Service," the Times said, citing the former general.
In a July report, The New York Times revealed that at least two of President Donald Trump's foes were suspiciously targeted by the IRS for extensive and "invasive" audits.
"Trump’s demands were part of a broader pattern of him trying to use the Justice Department and his authority as president against people who had been critical of him, including seeking to revoke the security clearances of former top intelligence officials," the report said.
Trump had frequently complained about people like
John Brennan, who he said shouldn't have any kind of security clearance while giving interviews on cable. Trump also wanted to go after Andrew McCabe, who Trump decided he hated because McCabe's wife was running for a local office in Virginia and was a Hillary Clinton supporter.
Trump also tried to go after former FBI Director James Comey, who Trump raged about frequently on Twitter.
Both McCabe and Comey experienced incredibly invasive audits in 2019, after Kelly was gone.
“The U.S. government, whether it’s the I.R.S. or the Justice Department, should never be weaponized or used to retaliate, and certainly not because someone criticizes you in the press or is your political opponent.”
“The average federal employee or F.B.I. agent or I.R.S. agent goes to work and executes the laws and regulations and shouldn’t be put in this position.”
Trump specifically suggested using the IRS and the Justice Department to "investigate___
CIA director John O. Brennan; Hillary Clinton; Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the owner of The Washington Post."
Trump hated his coverage in the Post.
He also wanted to go after "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."
(((( A Dictator does not abide by the procedures
of the rule of law, and the existence of a cult of personality centered on the leader/Authoritarian wannabe Putin.
Rid/destroy your foes etc ))
Read the full report at the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/us/politics/trump-irs-investigations.html
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