Sen. Joni Ernst: ‘I Want to Audit the IRS’ to Expose 1,250 Agents Who ‘Aren’t Paying Their Own Taxes’

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) called for an audit of the IRS on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow while referencing a 2019 report published by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration identifying 1,250 cases of agency employees failing to comply with federal income tax regulations.

“Democrats want to audit Americans, and I want to audit the IRS,” Ernst said. “There was an IG report that came out that said 1,250 IRS employees were identified to have not paid their tax bill in full or on time, and more than 300 of these folks were repeat offenders. So these are tax cheats inside the IRS — they’re IRS agents, they’re revenue officers, even a criminal investigator.”

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ItsSteve · 46-50, M

If the Treasury Inspector General found that 1250 IRS employees had unpaid taxes, it seems like they were already audited.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@ItsSteve Well Trumpist believe he can declassify documents by magical mental powers so I am sure they believe the found these unpaid taxes the same way.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ItsSteve And of course since 2019 all irs agents were pure as the driven snow, eh?

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 Completely avoiding the point as always.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow As if all 60,000 irs agents were audited in 2019, right?

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 Clearly. Unless you think they discovered these unpaid tastes by magical powers. That is literally the outcome of a audit. You really are slow.

ItsSteve · 46-50, M

@sunsporter1649 i mean, everyone being pure as the driven snow is an imppssible thing to ask for any organization. But I'd think that IRS agents would be under more pressure than the general public to pay their taxes. Its a li f of Caesar's wife muat be above suspicion' sort of thing.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ItsSteve “Democrats want to audit Americans, and I want to audit the IRS,” Ernst said. “There was an IG report that came out that said 1,250 IRS employees were identified to have not paid their tax bill in full or on time, and more than 300 of these folks were repeat offenders. So these are tax cheats inside the IRS — they’re IRS agents, they’re revenue officers, even a criminal investigator.”

ItsSteve · 46-50, M

@sunsporter1649 I just dint get your point? If IRS people aren't paying their taxes, they should, and the IRS should fine them, or even fire them. I dont see that thats controversial.