Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on a report that the Trump administration is pushing the IRS to disclose taxpayer data in violation of data privacy laws:
“The Trump administration is attempting to illegally weaponize our tax system against people it deems undesirable, and if anybody believes this abuse will begin and end with immigrants, they’re dead wrong. Trump doesn’t care about taxpayer privacy laws and has likely promised to pardon staff who help him violate them, but those individuals would be wise to remember that Trump can’t pardon them out from under the heavy civil damages they’re risking with the choices they make in the coming days, weeks and months.”
###