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Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts: Reuters
Federal tax prosecutions dropped 27% in 2023 after the Trump administration cut IRS criminal investigators and redirected resources to immigration and crime patrols.
- This year, Reuters found federal tax prosecutions fell more than 27% from last year, with 251 people charged between January 1 and November 1.
- President Donald Trump's administration overhauled law enforcement this year, expelling dozens of lawyers, closing the DOJ tax division, and prompting at least a third of criminal attorneys to resign.
- In Washington, IRS investigators were reassigned to patrol duties after the IRS criminal enforcement staff decreased by 330 this year and the office sent about 60 agents, then increased to over 20 patrol agents.
- Experts warned weakening tax enforcement could increase cheating, while Justice Department spokeswoman Natalie Baldassar and the Treasury Department said `the IRS is fully staffed and prepared for next tax filing season` and enforcement will continue.
- Amid reviews of past probes, some officials have claimed 'weaponization' by the Biden White House, while Roger Ver, known as 'Bitcoin Jesus,' hired Trump-linked lawyers and reached a deferred prosecution in October.
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Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts
Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases, a Reuters examination has found.
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