Part 3/6:
Personal IRS Audits and Policy Changes
The conversation shifted to Taibbi’s own experience with a government audit following his testimony at a congressional hearing regarding the “weaponization of government.” After being audited shortly after speaking out, Taibbi was informed that he was cleared, and the IRS owed him money. He credited the judicial committee and Jim Jordan with instigating a policy change at the IRS regarding personal visits to citizens being investigated, which emerged as a positive outcome from his ordeal.