IRS chief asks watchdog to probe rare tax audits of Trump foes Comey and McCabe

Former FBI Director James Comey (2nd L) arrives on Capitol Hill for a closed hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC on December 7, 2018. 

The head of the IRS has asked the Treasury Department's internal watchdog to investigate the agency's tax audits of two men who have been frequent targets of criticism from Donald Trump.

The inspector general of the Treasury requested an inquiry on Thursday, a day after The New York Times reported that the FBI director and his deputy had been audited.

The Times reported that he was audited for his taxes. The man was audited for his return. The man who appointed the current IRS Commissioner to his post was Trump.

According to the Times, only a small percentage of tax filers were audited.

During an interview on CNN, where he is an analyst, he called for an investigation of the audits.

It doesn't make sense to think there wasn't some other factor involved in the selection of audit targets

"I think that's a reasonable question." I believe it should be looked into. People need to be able to trust the institutions of government and so we should dig through this and find out what happened

Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe speaks during a forum on election security titled, “2020 Vision: Intelligence and the U.S. Presidential Election” at the National Press Club in Washington, October 30, 2019.

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