IRS Commissioner Ordering Safety Review After Social Media Threats



In a letter to IRS employees, Commissioner Charles Rettig, appointed by former President Trump, said he’s ordering a “comprehensive review” of safety measures at the agency’s facilities nationwide. Rettig wrote that there has been misinformation and some threats on social media directed at the IRS and its employees. The news comes on the heels of the Inflation Reduction Act being passed, which includes $80 billion in new funding for the IRS.

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47 comments

  1. The irs doing everything but giving people they check

  2. I've not been paying any tax since 2021 and even on any loan I borrowed from the bank,got tax refund that was filed with the help of this team on my youtube channel and this has been working for me really good I have to share this,if you need them,they're a message away .

  3. Please tell us ,Why on the IRS tax accountant job description, do you have to be physically fit ,carry a gun and be willing to use deadly force ?

  4. They need to round up the magats…

  5. Be careful under bidens America, if you miss a day of taxes biden will send the IRS to get you with an assault weapon.

  6. Social media is going to be the Demise of the Country

  7. A republican said AK-15 now that's hilarious…

  8. Hahaha they are public servants she said. And where can I get an AK 15?

  9. Republican are crazy

  10. Dear god let an irs agent Sho0t me for being in debt please Jesus send me the .223 but let me make it out alive

  11. And which party is responsible for these threats…AND what are you Americans going to do at the polls to straighten out repub. LIARS ? ?

  12. You got to be brave to stand in the feild next to your slaves. Real men knew that . You'll have to toughen up or get to pickin

  13. Threats to the Monarchy political class are when the peasants complain. Eat cake peasants.

  14. You’re the only ones making threats .

  15. Good. The IRS is horrible taking our money when i dont support the student loan relief plan

  16. Even The Flash was an IRS agent for a short while😁

  17. It's just money. Trade it all for equal rights with the government

  18. Angry, old white men. just stop go away

  19. Support your local IRS – it is our Duty as Americanos

  20. More Mister Smith Agents from the Matrix

  21. It is not in vain that they bear The Sword and Shield

  22. The IRS doesn’t get any of the sweat off my back …

  23. JAIL 'STUPID' 2022. Exploited ex-wife's death for funding and buried her on a golf course to save on taxes

    It's funny the Australian Murdoch family dictate what simple-minded Americans should think and believe

    The MAGAT who attacked the FBI office was just your average simple-minded American Fox TV viewer

    The rest of the world use 'American' for stupidity e.g. What? are you joking, that sounds American.

  24. Former US president Donald Trump is being presented in outdated appearances and quoted speech in media presentations as he is no longer permitted outside of the prison that he is serving detention at. His participation in the mid term elections and coverup media presentations can no longer be sustained in a convincing way to the public while permanently confined to a United States prison complex.

  25. Nobody has any sympathy for the IRS nor it’s employees. Whoever works for the IRS knows full well that they are sell-outs to the American citizens and if they find themselves in harms way (not by me) I will have no sympathy for any harm that may or may not happen to them.

  26. The same people who are complaining are not paying their share.I hope they have enough people to start revoking tax exemptions on these Reich wing political indoctrination centers disguised as "Christian" churches. Not only do they strive to push their ideology on your kids but they want you to pick up the tab. Let's put Freedom from Religion in the same category as Freedom of Religion.

  27. They should be laying off the too big government employees! But public sector unions!.

  28. Gonna need a higher wall than the one at the boarder

  29. There are videos of the new irs agents training with firearms

  30. they wouldn t need this EXTRA security if they werent CORRUPT !!

  31. Their a target? Now they know how we feel.

  32. No Cruz IRS are coming for you cheaters Republicans mark of the beast party..

  33. Who the heck is threatening anyone? Leave that crap up to the Dems and their groomers. They threaten the public well with acts like Tashfeen, Farook and the Vegas attacks, they are the pros at steering through fear.

  34. didnt that number of new armed IRS agents come from a bill? like its not something that was just made up, and it came from legislation?

  35. Joe Biden sending out his soldiers got to pay for his social program somehow

  36. Why does these Republican hacks do these every few days is beyond most thinking Americans. Are their supporters so stupid to buy into all the cr** they spit out? So fu**ing stupid!!

  37. Start locking these terrorist up.Hold them accountable for their actions.

  38. Minimum 3 year prison term for threatening the life of ANYONE.

  39. This is the word of God
    This is the biggest scandal in the history of time
    When Donald Trump sneaks up on Israel
    When Nancy Pelosi takes up the position to do Donald Trump's bidding
    When the church based on politics is set up
    There will be a red one a black one a white one a pale one
    As promised
    The Comforter

    God has pulled the restrainer of the winds and the rains
    It is the end of the world not the end of an age

  40. Remember lois Lerner. Irs needs to stop being bullies.