The New York Times reported in July that the former Federal Bureau of Investigation officials were both audited by the IRS.
A watchdog for the Internal Revenue Service scrutinized the selection of two top FBI officials for tax audits, and concluded that there was no bias in their selection.
Months after a New York Times story revealed ex-FBI director James Comey and former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe were both audited by the IRS, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration concluded that the IRS “randomly selected” their tax returns. The new report, however, said the sample sizes for potential audit were smaller, but said that happened because of resource constraints inside the IRS.
Rettig said he wasn’t involved in the sample selection process and never directed anyone to add or remove particular taxpayers to the audit samples, the report added. Other IRS officials involved in the audit selection process told TIGTA investigators that neither Rettig or other IRS officials told them to pick or remove people in the sample pools.
Trump fired Comey in May 2017. In 2019, Comey learned of an audit on his Tax Year 2017 return, which ended with a $347 refund, according to the New York Times.
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