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cliffside

(1,778 posts)
Wed May 20, 2026, 12:56 AM 8 hrs ago

WATCH: Sen. Reed questions Blanche in Justice Department budget hearing

PBS ...Transcript could be better. Maxwell question comes in a the 5 minute mark.

"0:00Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Blache, how many taxpayers returned to leaked by the IRS contractor in the 2020 breach.
0:099 Um, how many taxpayers, excuse me, how many taxpayers' returns were leaked by the IRS contractor in the 2020 breach. I don't know the
0:1717 exact amount, but a lot. Uh, 405,427. 1 of them was Donald Trump.

0:2626 secondsCorrect? One of them was Donald Trump, correct? It was Donald Trump and his family or others, correct, right? And Donald Trump was president ..."



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WATCH: Sen. Reed questions Blanche in Justice Department budget hearing (Original Post) cliffside 8 hrs ago OP
Any other taxpayers suing the government ... cliffside 7 hrs ago #1
nice show but what will become of it? msongs 7 hrs ago #2

cliffside

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1. Any other taxpayers suing the government ...
Wed May 20, 2026, 01:06 AM
7 hrs ago
https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2025-05/2025ier019fr.pdf


"....In August 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) sent
a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance
Committee to report the data breach as a major incident since
personally identifiable information for more than 100,000 taxpayers
was exfiltrated. As of November 2024, the IRS determined that the
data breach affected approximately 406,000 taxpayers. ..."

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