NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors charged two men with attempting to bribe a public official with tens of thousands of dollars in a scheme to help the Chinese Communist Party “topple” the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, and Lin Feng, a Chinese citizen aged 43, have attempted to…
DOJ Charges 2 Suspected Chinese Agents for Targeting Falun Gong in the US
DOJ Charges 2 Suspected Chinese Agents for Targeting Falun Gong in US
NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors charged two men with attempting to bribe a public official with tens of thousands of dollars in a scheme to help the Chinese Communist Party “topple” the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, and Lin Feng, a Chinese citizen aged 43, have attempted to…
[PREMIERING 8PM ET] Kash’s Corner: FBI, IRS Whistleblowers Detail Retaliation; Grassley, Johnson Should Ask Durham Questions Under Oath
In this episode of Kash’s Corner, we take a look at the alarming pattern of retaliatory conduct across the DOJ, FBI, and IRS. IRS whistleblowers say their entire team was removed from the Hunter Biden tax fraud case. We also take a look at a letter from Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)…
House GOP Questions IRS on Study of Program That Would Make Agency Tax Preparer, Auditor
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials picked a left-wing think tank for a $15 million “independent review” of a proposal long supported by the same foundation to empower federal officials to prepare Americans’ tax returns, according to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.). The think tank in question is New America, a Washington,…
IRS Whistleblower in Hunter Biden Tax Probe Reveals Identity, Says IRS ‘Slow-Walked’ Investigation
An insider at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed himself by name for the first time after filing an anonymous whistleblower disclosure about the agency’s handling of an alleged investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Attorney Mark D. Lytle of Nixon Peabody LLP revealed the whistleblower complaint in an April 19 letter…
IRS Probe of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Coincided With Bombshell Report, Jordan Says
“Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi became the subject of an IRS investigation mere weeks after publishing the series’ first report on the ties between the intelligence community and social media platforms, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). In March, Jordan wrote to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel to inquire as to the reason…
Accenture Secures Up to $2.6 Billion Contract to Modernize IRS Systems
An Accenture Plc. unit said on Wednesday it had secured an up to $2.6 billion deal with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for modernizing the government tax agency’s systems. Accenture Federal Services said it had been awarded the contract for seven years, adding that it will have to compete for future orders to support the…
IRS to Send Attachés Abroad to Fight Cybercrimes
The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Criminal Investigation (CI) unit will launch a pilot program in June in which cyber attachés will be sent across four continents to combat cybercrime, the agency announced on May 18. This initiative focuses on cracking down on tax and financial crimes involving cryptocurrency, decentralized finance, peer-to-peer payments, and mixing services. It…
IRS Chief ‘Laser-Focused’ on Stamping Out Tax Audit ‘Racism’ Despite ‘Substantial Uncertainty’ Surrounding Racial Bias
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is “laser-focused” on ensuring tax laws are enforced in a fair and impartial manner after reports emerged that the federal agency inadvertently audits black taxpayers at significantly higher rates than other Americans. In a May 15 letter (pdf) to Senate Finance Committee chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), IRS commissioner Daniel Werfel noted…
IRS Chief ‘Laser-Focused’ on Stamping Out ‘Racism’ in Tax Audits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is “laser-focused” on ensuring tax laws are enforced in a fair and impartial manner after reports emerged that the federal agency inadvertently audits black taxpayers at significantly higher rates than other Americans. In a May 15 letter (pdf) to Senate Finance Committee chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), IRS commissioner Daniel Werfel noted…
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