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Would be almost impossible to imagine how you could pull this off without some career employees noting and raising their hands and saying something is wrong here. >> well, it is really remarkable especially for two lifelong public servant whos dont bring in the kind of income that typically seems to generate an irs audit. so many more questions we will have to answer for this. former commissioner, john koskinen, thank you for answering a few of them. >> we will be back in just a moment. first, a...

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Congress and its so many other bad things. these are valid, corrupt people. these are the people. and very bad for our country. >> trump even accusing both men of treason. a crime punishable by death in exchange with our peter alexander. >> who are you specifically accusing of treason? >> i think a number of people. they have unsuccessfully tried to take down the wrong person. you look at comey, if you look at mccabe,. >> comey, in 2018, didnt hold back his feelings about trump either. >> i dont...

Whether trump was using the agency during his time in office to get his longtime enemies. >> the irs launched a watchdog investigation after two of former president trumps favorite punching bags found themselves under incredibly rare iris audit. according to the new york times, both former fbi director james comey and his deputy andrew mccabe received letters from the tax agency informing them quote that they were selected at random. -- the odds of being chosen for such an intense of audit? roug...

That question. -- >> it just defies logic to think that there was some other factor involved here. i think thats a reasonable question. >> when asked about the, audit former president trump telling the times through a representative quote i have no knowledge of this. and i.r.a. spokesperson telling nbc news, it is ludicrous and untruth suggest that senior irs officials from a targeted specific individuals for audit. the agency referring the matter to the treasury inspector general for review. wh...

Power? >> it is very serious and you have to just think about what it means. its more like judge carter who said, it is more probable than not that trump and eastman committed a crime. it is more probable than that if this was an enemies list kind of action that it was a clear abuse of the presidency. now, what do you do about that? obviously, you would impeach for that, but he is not president, so you cannot impeach him because he is not an office right now. so then you have to look at what did...

Former fbi director james comey, and the agencys former acting director andrew mccabe, were both picked for extremely rare and invasive tax audits. in 2017 at 153 million people who filed tax materials to the irs, just 5000 were selected for this random audit. one of them happened to be comey. in 2019, mccabe was just one of 8000 americans audited. according to the new york times, a spokesperson for donald trump said he had no knowledge of the audits. but the times also writes, quote, the minisc...

To be a nonpartisan person. but interestingly, before charles wright was appointed by donald trump, he wrote an op-ed in forbes in 2016 in which he set, is there any legal impediment to trump publicly releasing his tax returns? absolutely. not with any experienced checks lawyer representing trump in an irs audit advise him to release his tax returns during the audit? absolutely not. its got the similarity to bill barr writing unsolicited letters about how donald trump didnt need to, shouldnt be ...

One has his involvement been with donald trump who again this is one of those appointments, a little like the federal reserve where theyre supposed to be arms length distance right? >> correct. reddick was someone who represented wealthy clients in disputes with the irs. he advocated in 2016 that donald trump should not release his tax returns because he was under audit. giving credibility to the argument the trump made on the campaign trail. hes someone who owns two properties at a trump proper...

Starting the investigation into trumps connection to russia. last night the u.s. new york times broke the news both macomb lee and mckay were selected from the irs says supposedly random most intense audit. the odds of being selected for that audit are about one in 30,000. two people who trump saw as its top enemies were selected. well tonight, the irs has asked the treasury department inspector general to investigate how that happens. maybe it was truly random. maybe it wasnt. looks like we are...