House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Friday asking why officials told women they could “walk into anyone’s home whenever they wanted.” rice field.
Jordan revealed letter He said he recently learned of allegations involving an IRS agent who allegedly broke into a taxpayer’s home under a false name and blackmailed her. The letter says that an agent who identified himself as “Bill House” showed up at a woman’s home in Ohio in April and told her “you can come into anyone’s house anytime.” (Related: Second IRS whistleblower investigating Hunter Biden comes forward, claims retaliation)
“We recently received allegations that Internal Revenue Service officials provided Ohio taxpayers with false names as part of a fraudulent scheme to break into taxpayers’ homes on delinquent tax returns.” said in the letter. “When taxpayers duly challenged the agent’s tactics, the IRS agent argued that ‘you can’ . . . As an IRS employee, you can enter anyone’s home at any time.” , raises serious concerns about the IRS commitment to basic civil liberties.”
First, the IRS knocked @mtaibbihis door while he testified.
Now we know they harassed one voter who did nothing wrong.
To top it all off, IRS agents used fake names to break into voters’ homes. pic.twitter.com/EJX0Qlynte
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) June 17, 2023
According to the letter, House allegedly broke into the woman’s home and owed a large tax on the property to which she was a “trustee.” Her representative then allegedly told the woman that she had actually come to discuss “several delinquent tax returns” from the deceased owner of the property.
According to the letter, the woman called her lawyer and was told to leave by her agent, who refused, insisting she could be at any house “any time.” Ms. House eventually left, but she reportedly “frozen all her assets and placed a lien on her home if she didn’t pay the remaining balance within a week.” He threatened her if he set it up.”
The letter said the woman called police, who contacted House, determined he was using a false identity, and told him to stay away from taxpayers. In response, House filed a complaint against the employee with the Treasury Department’s tax authority, the people said.
According to the letter, the taxpayer later met with House’s boss on May 4 and told her that he owed nothing on the property and that “things shouldn’t have gone this far.” . The case was concluded the next day.
As a result, Jordan requested that the IRS return all documents and communications regarding this incident, including all communications between the IRS and the Treasury Department or “other government agencies,” by 5:00 p.m. on June 30. He ordered it to be sent to the commission. to the letter.
“This action against the American taxpayer from an IRS official, namely providing a false name and using deception to secure access to the taxpayer’s home, and then the Inspector General against police officers investigating the matter. The act of filing a complaint against the letter.
The IRS has come under intense scrutiny recently after an officer showed up unannounced at the home of independent journalist Matt Taibi during testimony before a special subcommittee on federal weaponization in May.
Jordan and the IRS did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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