BREAKING: Another Whistleblower Has Come Forward Over Trump’s Tax Return Audit

This story is developing.

Per DailyMail, as the nation fixates on an intelligence whistleblower and what they may or may not know about Donald Trump‘s call with the Ukrainian President, another whistleblower is waiting in the wings.

A federal employee told the Ways and Means Committee last month of possible evidence of ‘improper influence’ in the IRS’s audit of Trump’s tax returns.

The existence of the whistleblower was contained in a quietly-filed motion by committee chair Richard Neal to a federal judge in an attempt to get hold of the President’s tax returns, and was not widely reported at the time.

But Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into Trump, which will involve the Ways and Means Committee, has brought the claims into the spotlight.

Richard Neal, chair of the Ways and Means committee, has also been contacted by a Trump whistleblower about ‘improper interference’ with the President’s tax returns – but chose to keep their existence quiet ‘in an effort to protect their job’

Neal argued in the submission, first reported by Politico, that his committee needs a copy of Trump’s returns to check that the IRS is doing its job by auditing both the President and Vice President.

As evidence that the IRS is not doing its job, Neal included a letter he wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on August 8 saying the committee had received ‘credible allegations of “evidence of possible misconduct”.’

The unsolicited message contained evidence pointing to ‘potential “inappropriate efforts to influence the mandatory audit program”‘, Neal wrote.

BusinessInsider reports a new whistleblower complaint alleges that “possible misconduct” occurred in an effort to influence the audit of President Donald Trump’s taxes.

US House Ways and Means chairman Richard Neal, the committee which has jurisdiction over taxes, tariffs, and other social assistance programs, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin saying that a “Federal employee” submitted an “unsolicited communication” on July 29, 2019, which alleged that there were “‘inappropriate efforts to influence’” the mandatory Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit of Trump’s and Vice President Mike Pence’s tax returns.

In his August 8 letter, Neal argued that the allegations made by the whistleblower were “credible” and pointed to “evidence of possible misconduct.”

“This is a grave charge that appreciably heightens the Committee’s concerns about the absence of appropriate safeguards as part of the mandatory audit program and whether statutory codification of such program or other remedial, legislative measures are warranted,” he wrote.

Neal also stated that his committee had “raised these concerns repeatedly,” though IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig had previously referred to the concerns as “unfounded.” He said the whistleblower complaint “underscore[s] the pressing need for complete and meaningful oversight.”

Though the president is not required by law to release their tax returns, every president has voluntarily released their tax returns or a tax summary since 1974⁠ — except Trump. The president’s taxes are automatically audited by the IRS.

In July, Neal sued Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig to get a hold of six years of Trump’s tax returns. Democrats claimed in the court filing that under Section 6103 of the US tax code, the Treasury “shall furnish” any document requested by the House Ways and Means Committee chair.

The Department of the Treasury did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This article was written by the staff of TheConservativeOpinion.com

By Jon Heltzel

Source: theconservativeopinion

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