Twitter Files reporter Matt Taibbi disclosed on Wednesday that the IRS paid him an unexpected visit on the same day he testified before Congress.
As a response, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Werfel, expressing his concern over the situation.
The IRS schedule their unannounced visit on March 9, 2023, the same day Taibbi testified before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on his findings about the influence of the federal government on technology companies.
In a Twitter thread, Taibbi explained that in December 24, 2022, a Saturday and Christmas Eve, the IRS assigned a “new date” to his case, coinciding with the publication of “Twitter and Other Government Agencies.”
The IRS gave a new “assign date” to my case on December 24, 2022, a Saturday and Christmas Eve, the same day “Twitter and Other Government Agencies” was published: https://t.co/YQ9ZpnOUsJ pic.twitter.com/1l3AwdKpyn
— Matt Taibbi