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An IRS agent using the fake name “Bill Haus” entered an Ohio woman’s home in April and then threatened her. The rogue agent improperly informed the taxpayer he can “go into anyone’s house at any time.” Ohio lawmaker Jim Jordan recently found out about it. “First, the IRS knocked on Matt Taibbi’s door while he was testifying,” the conservative watchdog tweeted. “Now, we learn they harassed one of our constituents who didn’t do anything wrong.” He also included a copy of his June 16 letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel. It was written on letterhead from the Judiciary Committee. The chairman also noted his Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is looking into it.
Rogue agent makes Haus call
The name “Bill Haus” is an alias and it was an IRS agent using it. Allegedly, in the line of duty. “We have recently received allegations that an Internal Revenue Service agent provided a false name to an Ohio taxpayer as part of a deception to gain entry into the taxpayer’s home to confront her about delinquent tax filings,” Jordan wrote to the IRS commissioner. That’s not nice.
“When the taxpayer rightfully objected to the agent’s tactics, the IRS agent insisted that he ‘can go into anyone’s house at any time‘ as an IRS agent. These allegations raise serious concerns about the IRS’s commitment to fundamental civil liberties.”
At first, Haus claimed the woman “owed a significant amount in taxes for an estate of which she was a ‘fiduciary.’” When that didn’t go as planned he changed his story. As Chairman Jordan notes in his letter, he later told the woman he was really there to talk about “several delinquent tax return filings” from the estate’s deceased owner.
First, the IRS knocked on @mtaibbi’s door while he was testifying.
Now, we learn they harassed one of our constituents who didn’t do anything wrong.
And to top it off, the IRS agent used a fake name to enter the constituent’s home. pic.twitter.com/EJX0Qlynte
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) June 17, 2023
That’s about when she called her lawyer, who told her to throw him out. He wouldn’t go. “After calling her attorney, the woman was instructed to tell the agent to leave but he refused, claiming that he could be at any house at ‘any time,’” Jordan notes.
The alleged agent proceeded to shake down the innocent taxpayer. “Haus eventually left” but allegedly “threatened that she had one week to satisfy the remaining balance or he would freeze all her assets and put a lien on her house.” Since that sounded a lot like extortion, she called the cops.
When she notified police, they dug into it and found out she had been given a bogus name. The IRS didn’t have an agent with that name. Whoever it was certainly had details that only someone working the file would know. That makes things even more sinister.
The plot twists
After the police did some more digging, they learned that a real IRS agent did visit the taxpayer but his name isn’t Haus. He was instructed “to stay away from the taxpayer,” Jordan’s letter noted. That’s when the plot took a bizarre twist. “In response, Haus allegedly filed a complaint against the officer with the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.”
While following up with the unit supervisor on May 4, the taxpayer was assured that “nothing was owed on the estate.” They didn’t mention the shakedown attempt directly but did admit that “things never should have gotten this far.” They quickly closed the case before it could go any farther.
That’s why Chairman Jordan is demanding the IRS hand over “all documents and communications on this incident to the committee, including all communication between the agency and the Treasury Department or any other Executive Branch entity.” They have until close of business on June 30 to do it.
20 armed IRS agents raid Great Falls gun store.
They didnt take any financial records, accounting or tax statements.
But they did take all the 4473 forms. (Buyer's Information)
Now we know what the 87,000 IRS agents are for.#614clinton pic.twitter.com/uJCTfcJfIK
— Clinton (@614clinton) June 17, 2023
Jordan can’t wait to get Haus on the witness stand, whatever his real name is. “This behavior from an IRS agent to an American taxpayer—providing an alias, using deception to secure entry into the taxpayer’s home, and then filing an Inspector General complaint against a police officer examining that matter—is highly concerning.”
Every day, Americans are learning about how federal agencies charged with enforcing the laws under the jurisdiction of the Just Us Department have been making their own laws up as they go along. They pick and choose who to prosecute and who to cover up. Generally Republicans and other conservatives and nationalists get prosecuted.
Democrats and anarchists associated with Antifa get a free pass to do as they please. In this case an IRS agent used the alias Bill Haus and nobody is questioning that part of it. He doesn’t even seem to be in trouble for his little off duty extortion scheme. Jordan has a right to be angry. Journalist Matt Taibbi was testifying to his weaponization committee as an agent showed up unannounced at his home, just to say they know where he lives.
