Trump wants to go after Soros and leftist groups. “WSJ”: plans to use the tax office

Donald Trump's administration plans to introduce broad changes to the US IRS to make it easier to prosecute leftist organizations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The list of goals should include, among others: billionaire George Soros and other prominent donors supporting Democrats.

According to the daily, the administration's plan assumes introducing personnel changes in the IRS investigation department, headed by a trusted person of the president. These changes are intended to launch investigations into a number of left-wing organizations and businessmen that financially support the Democratic Party.

The newspaper's sources said that a special list of potential targets for investigations had been prepared. Among them is Soros and groups associated with him, known for supporting leftist initiatives. The billionaire has long been considered an eminence grise by the pro-Trump MAGA movement, responsible for, among others, behind anti-Trump protests.

Back in August, the president wrote on his social media platform that Soros and his son Alex, who runs his Open Society Foundations, should face organized crime charges because of “their support for violent protests and many other things.”

“We will not allow these lunatics to continue to tear America apart, we will not even give them a chance to breathe and be FREE,” Trump wrote. “Soros and his group of psychopaths have done great damage to our country. This includes his crazy friends on the West Coast. Watch out, we are watching you!” – Trump threatened.

Last week, Trump said that Finance Secretary Scott Bessent and his department were investigating the financing of Antifa and other left-wing groups that allegedly promote political violence.

The IRS has been at the center of political controversy many times in the past, including: in 2013, when reports emerged that it was conducting selective audits of conservative groups associated with the Tea Party movement, examining whether they met the requirements of non-profit organizations.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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