IRS chief asks watchdog to review safeguards after leak of President Trump's tax information
IRS chief asks watchdog to review safeguards after leak of President Trump’s tax information

IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig has asked an inspector general to review the agency’s safeguarding of taxpayer information, following revelations that President Donald Trump has routinely paid little or no federal income tax.



Meanwhile, a pair of House Republicans asked Attorney General William Barr to launch a Justice Department investigation of who may have leaked Trump’s confidential tax information. Trump has charged that it was “illegally obtained” by The New York Times. IRS chief asks watchdog to review safeguards after leak of President Trump's tax information 1

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