When veteran journalist Matt Taibbi testified in front of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government last month, an IRS agent showed up at his house the very same day.
While @mtaibbi & I were testifying before Congress on the weaponization of the federal government, an IRS agent showed up at his house. What an amazing coincidence https://t.co/gRGSIa3HRr
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) March 28, 2023
"Mr. Taibbi was told in a call with the agent that both his 2018 and 2021 tax returns had been rejected owing to concerns over identity theft," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said about the unusual IRS visit. "Mr. Taibbi has provided the committee with documentation showing his 2018 return had been electronically accepted, and he says the IRS never notified him or his accountants of a problem after he filed that 2018 return more than four-and-a-half years ago."
"When did the IRS start to dispatch agents for surprise house calls? Typically when the IRS challenges some part of a tax return, it sends a dunning letter. Or it might seek more information from the taxpayer or tax preparer. If the IRS wants to audit a return, it schedules a meeting at the agent’s office. It doesn’t drop by unannounced," Jordan continued.
During the hearing, Democrats repeatedly demanded Taibbi reveal his sources after exposing wrongdoing and rampant government censorship at Twitter.
WATCH @StaceyPlaskett just falsely claimed she did not ask @mtaibbi to reveal his sources for the #TwitterFiles
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) March 9, 2023
She did.
ROLL THE TAPE. pic.twitter.com/JUVSuD0n61
Now, they're threatening to throw him in prison by claiming he committed perjury.
Mehdi's viral deception that Taibbi lied under oath about DHS/CISA now has House Dems explicitly threatening Taibbi w/ imprisonment. Taibbi was accurate in this quote, yet here's a letter from Rep. Stacey Plaskett citing Mehdi to float a threat of 5 years of jail against Taibbi pic.twitter.com/VYf2tw8LDE
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) April 20, 2023
Send an IRS agent to Taibbi's home the day he's testifying about the weaponization of the federal government. Have a non-voting delegate to the U.S. House threaten him with perjury for truthful statements made in sworn testimony over an error in a tweet raised by an MSNBC host.… https://t.co/XkakhYjrTu
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) April 20, 2023
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