House Committee Chair Demands Answers on IRS Leak of Tax Records, Possible Political Motives

The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has raised allegations that the protected tax records of thousands of Americans were leaked to ProPublica for political purposes and he’s demanding to know what progress has been made by the Treasury Department investigations of the apparent leak.
In June 2021, ProPublica published an article detailing leaked tax records of several high-profile billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Warren Buffett, and Michael Bloomberg. ProPublica said it had obtained “a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth—sometimes, even nothing.”…}