The IRS's Unusual Visit to Matt Taibbi's Home: An Opinion.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has sent a letter to the IRS Commissioner and Treasury Secretary seeking an explanation for why journalist Matt Taibbi received an unannounced home visit from an IRS agent. Taibbi had testified before a congressional hearing on the growth of a censorship-industrial complex that violates the right to free speech. The circumstances and timing of the IRS focus on Taibbi raise serious questions.