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On the recordApril 12, 2021
I think this referral policy is a mutually agreeable situation between DOJ and IRS where powerful special interests get to get away with things.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes the referral policy between DOJ and IRS for allowing special interests to evade scrutiny.

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