The NYT's article was equally non-judgmental about the potential reasons that these men were audited. They describe duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, quack, quack, duck, duck and then come to the conclusion that they have no idea what kind of animal it was.
It is not 0.00003 percent, you are off by a factor of 100. The number I have seen is 5000 random audits per 153000000 returns. That makes the probability of being randomly audited per year as 5000/153000000 = 0.000033, or 1 in 30000. 1 percent of returns would be 1530000 returns, and since 5000/1530000 is .0033, .0033 percent of returns are randomly audited per year.
The odds of both of these gentlemen being randomly audited is the product of the probabilities, or roughly 1 in 900 million.
IF it was a mid-level flunkie and not Rettig (which TBF is fucking unlikely considering he was a political appointee), I’d like to know who hired/transferred in/promoted said flunkie? I mean it IS possible it was just a deplorable who just happened to be in the right place at the right time to pick a few “random” names from the hat. But my money says the trail leads right back to the top.
It's unclear to me why Weiner's laptop couldn't have been searched, say, a month after the election had taken place but before (presumably they thought) Hillary would be taking office. It's not like the FBI were up against a deadline, e.g. the statutory limit for the crime was running out.
James Comey isn't an expat. Nor was he accused of anything remotely like what you're describing, e.g. cheating or having two tax returns that conflict with each other.
Early voting in many states occurs over several weekends prior to Election Day, ostensibly for people who can't go into a government building Monday-Friday due to work obligations. Of course, the ones run by Republicans have been shutting down polls on Sundays because a lot of black churches run shuttles to polling places after church lets out.
The NYT's article was equally non-judgmental about the potential reasons that these men were audited. They describe duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, quack, quack, duck, duck and then come to the conclusion that they have no idea what kind of animal it was.
Kind of like when your ex wife drives your Ferrari off a cliff.You want to feel good about it, you want to feel bad about it.
Again with the math!
It is not 0.00003 percent, you are off by a factor of 100. The number I have seen is 5000 random audits per 153000000 returns. That makes the probability of being randomly audited per year as 5000/153000000 = 0.000033, or 1 in 30000. 1 percent of returns would be 1530000 returns, and since 5000/1530000 is .0033, .0033 percent of returns are randomly audited per year.
The odds of both of these gentlemen being randomly audited is the product of the probabilities, or roughly 1 in 900 million.
I was told there’d be no…oh fuck it, I approve your pedantry.
SQUIRREL!!!!!
IF it was a mid-level flunkie and not Rettig (which TBF is fucking unlikely considering he was a political appointee), I’d like to know who hired/transferred in/promoted said flunkie? I mean it IS possible it was just a deplorable who just happened to be in the right place at the right time to pick a few “random” names from the hat. But my money says the trail leads right back to the top.
The NYT just posted they are sending the case to the IRS inspector general.
Andy McCabe I feel for. Fuck Comey, except for the whole weaponizing the IRS thing. Yikes!
It's unclear to me why Weiner's laptop couldn't have been searched, say, a month after the election had taken place but before (presumably they thought) Hillary would be taking office. It's not like the FBI were up against a deadline, e.g. the statutory limit for the crime was running out.
Wow James Comey, that October surprise you pulled is the gift that keeps on giving! 🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy it, fucker!
If the democrats scream bloody murder and the “liberal” media refuses to cover it, does it make a sound?
James Comey isn't an expat. Nor was he accused of anything remotely like what you're describing, e.g. cheating or having two tax returns that conflict with each other.
You think he’s still happy he put his thumb on the scale for Trump a few weeks before the election?
Early voting in many states occurs over several weekends prior to Election Day, ostensibly for people who can't go into a government building Monday-Friday due to work obligations. Of course, the ones run by Republicans have been shutting down polls on Sundays because a lot of black churches run shuttles to polling places after church lets out.
If you believe this was just coincidence, I have beach front property in Palm Springs that you can have for real cheap.
Hey. Did Bob Mueller get the tax return colonoscopy too?