US Senate Committee On Finance

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Almost a year later, the Biden Administration has not sought out stolen taxpayer information

Washington, D.C.–Nearly 10 months later, the Biden Administration still does not know what taxpayer data was stolen and leaked to ProPublica last summer.  In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, top Republicans on the Senate and House tax panels are requesting an update on the investigation.

The letter, sent by Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and House Ways and Means Ranking Member Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) notes how investigators still have not sought a copy of the stolen information, writing:

Anyone accessing or releasing confidential personal tax information from the IRS without necessary approvals faces severe penalties and must be prosecuted.  In June 8, 2021, testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, IRS Commissioner Rettig pledged to ‘absolutely’ ensure that anyone found to have revealed such information would face prosecution, ‘absolutely.’  

“It is unclear why the Department of Treasury, the IRS, and the Department of Justice do not ask ProPublica for a copy of whatever data ProPublica is using to produce political articles in order to determine whether ProPublica’s claim of possessing legally protected data is true.” 

Read the full letter here.

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