Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (Ore.), the chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, met with the IRS whistleblower earlier this month, those people said. Trump administration officials have previously played down the complaint’s significance and suggested that it is politically motivated. The IRS whistleblower complaint was first disclosed in an August court filing by Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass. It raises the prospect that Trump administration officials at Treasury tried to improperly interfere with the IRS audit process. At the time, Neal said the whistleblower complaint raises “serious and urgent concerns” about the integrity of the IRS audit process.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 18:01 UTC