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IRS Officer Goes on LinkedIn Rant Against GOP Over Targeting Claims
Niki Wilkinson, a high-ranking officer at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), took to LinkedIn to unleash a lengthy rant against Republicans. She’s not happy about their push to oust one of her colleagues, who’s accused of targeting conservatives.
Wilkinson slammed the GOP for “fear mongering” and “falsely describing” the work of the IRS, dismissing their worries about political targeting as a “farce.”
Her comments came in response to conservative activist Chuck Flint’s post about Holly Paz, a former IRS official who worked under Lois Lerner. Lerner was at the helm of the IRS division during the infamous Tea Party targeting scandal back in the Obama years.
Flint, who has ties to Republican Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn and currently leads the Alliance for IRS Accountability, backed the decision to put Paz on leave. He pointed out that she’s recently faced accusations from lawmakers about targeting conservatives again, this time through a Biden-era push to audit pass-through businesses.
Wilkinson fired back, saying, “Such a farce! Interesting how Senators outside the IRS are fear mongering and falsely describing the work. They have no idea what Examiners found in those audits, which in fact exposed fraud or noncompliance in the passthrough area as for years the IRS didn’t effectively audit them.”
She continued, “If the Senators were really so concerned, why not drag them to Congress and review the work that was done especially since the GOP is in the majority and could easily do so?”
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