Penelope
Diamond Member
- Jul 15, 2014
- 60,265
- 15,790
- 2,210
Rettig has also been a pioneer in representing scores of wealthy taxpayers seeking to disclose their unreported offshore bank accounts to the IRS in exchange for reduced penalties for what is often years of fraudulent tax avoidance. In 2014 and again in 2017, Rettig sued the IRS on behalf of clients seeking to reduce their tax penalty payments.
In 2002, Rettig gave a hint of his strategy if he leads the IRS when he told The Los Angeles Times, “The purpose of the IRS criminal division is deterrence. The IRS prosecutes a few cases, they get some publicity, and everybody else falls in line.”
Rettig switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat after Barack Obama was elected president and then back to Republican after Trump became president.
Snip
Although Rettig donated only $375 to Donald Trump in 2016, and nothing to Hillary Clinton, he contributed in a more substantial way by writing an article for Forbes defending Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns during an audit. However, he also speculated that Trump “likely pays taxes at a lesser rate than many of us” and that he “may be worth far less than the approximately $10 billion he wants us to believe,” a point known to be an especially sore one for Trump.
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service: Who Is Charles Rettig?
----------------------------------------------------------
I expect Tramps tax returns are not being audit, but he and Tramp will say they are being audited. Who better to put in charge of the IRS but a man who sued the IRS twice.
In 2002, Rettig gave a hint of his strategy if he leads the IRS when he told The Los Angeles Times, “The purpose of the IRS criminal division is deterrence. The IRS prosecutes a few cases, they get some publicity, and everybody else falls in line.”
Rettig switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat after Barack Obama was elected president and then back to Republican after Trump became president.
Snip
Although Rettig donated only $375 to Donald Trump in 2016, and nothing to Hillary Clinton, he contributed in a more substantial way by writing an article for Forbes defending Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns during an audit. However, he also speculated that Trump “likely pays taxes at a lesser rate than many of us” and that he “may be worth far less than the approximately $10 billion he wants us to believe,” a point known to be an especially sore one for Trump.
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service: Who Is Charles Rettig?
----------------------------------------------------------
I expect Tramps tax returns are not being audit, but he and Tramp will say they are being audited. Who better to put in charge of the IRS but a man who sued the IRS twice.