(CNN) – An Internal Revenue Service official alleged in a whistleblower complaint that he was informed of at least one Treasury Department political appointee trying to interfere with the usual audit of the president or vice president’s tax returns, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
The whistleblower, a career IRS official, told the Post that he had submitted an official complaint and sent it to House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley and the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration on July 29. CNN has previously reported that Neal received the complaint.
The whistleblower did not disclose details of the report to the Post.
The report of the complaint comes following a letter from Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat, in an August court filing that CNN reported on Tuesday indicating that the House Ways and Means Committee received information from a federal employee at the end of July alleging that there was “possible misconduct” and “inappropriate efforts to influence” the presidential audit program.
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An IRS official alleged in a whistleblower complaint that he was informed of at least one Treasury Department political appointee trying to interfere with the usual audit of the President or Vice President's tax returns, The Washington Post reports https://t.co/fXUAxrWZNW
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