IRS Nominee Says He’s Never Had a Client Under Audit for a Decade
- California tax lawyer testifies at Senate confirmation hearing
- Trump hasn’t released tax returns as has been tradition
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Charles Rettig, a tax lawyer who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, told lawmakers Thursday he’d never represented a client who has been under a continuous agency audit for a decade, as is the case with the president, and that he doesn’t know any details of the review.
“I cannot recall a 10-year examination,’’ Rettig said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday.