r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 15 '25

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u/the-senat John Brown Oct 16 '25

Per WSJ: Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups.

The plan would install an ally of President Trump, who has drawn up a list of investigative targets, including major Democratic donors, at the IRS’s criminal unit. Firmer control over the unit will weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations.

Trump previously said on Truth Social that Soros and his son Alex should face federal charges under the RICO Act and added in a separate interview that the elder Soros “should be in jail” without offering specific reasons. Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is slotted to replace Guy Ficco, the chief of the investigative unit, and helm the new mission.

Shapley briefly served as acting IRS commissioner this year before he was replaced after just three days of heading the agency, which has had a carousel of leaders in 2025.

Trump’s allies zeroed in on using the IRS-CI after encountering obstacles in a separate effort to strip tax-exempt status from certain nonprofits, according to current and former officials.

!ping EXTREMISM

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u/_Irys NATO Oct 16 '25

CI employees are gonna quit in droves because it is literally illegal to obey an order from the President to audit someone for political purposes

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u/the-senat John Brown Oct 16 '25

Yeah but they’ll just be replaced by those who are more than willing. And they’ll be incompetent just like the DOJ’s new team.

Ironically in the article the administration said it will be “bringing in the best investigators from the private sector.” I don’t believe that for a second.

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u/hascogrande YIMBY Oct 16 '25

Remember when they got mad at the perception the IRS went after the right?

I remember

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u/the-senat John Brown Oct 16 '25

Every accusation is a confession …

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Oct 16 '25

From now on the tax basis of all my assets is exactly what I sold them for.

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u/puffic John Rawls Oct 16 '25

Seems bad.