WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 11 members of the Finance Committee to call on independent investigators at the Treasury Department to open an investigation into whether Trump Administration officials are violating federal laws that prohibit political influence over federal tax audits. The inquiry comes after a top official at the Treasury Department and the IRS was reportedly forced out of his position after r...