From a Public Citizen newsletter:
[T]he person in charge of the Internal Revenue Service announced that she will resign.
The announcement followed the disclosure of a secret deal between Donald Trump’s sycophantic Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, and Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem (former governor of South Dakota and self-professed dog killer) for confidential taxpayer info to be handed over to immigration enforcement agents.
How did this unprecedented, illegal, and totalitarian plot come to light? Because the Trump regime disclosed it in court papers they filed as part of a lawsuit from Public Citizen to prevent them from violating the privacy of American taxpayers.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking this only affects undocumented workers. Here’s what I told the national news media following the announcement that acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause will be resigning:
“Our laws were intended to keep taxpayer data confidential. This backroom deal by Secretary Bessent and Secretary Noem, partly disclosed in a court filing, violates those laws. The Trump administration’s political efforts to use immigrants’ tax data against them should send chills down the spine of every U.S. taxpayer who disagrees with this administration. Undermining the legal protections for sensitive taxpayer information is dangerous, and Krause’s resignation signals the severity of this unconscionable move by the Trump administration.”
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