{"id":4426,"date":"2026-07-18T19:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:37:53","slug":"new-potential-whistleblower-legal-expert-flags-trump-tax-lawyer-ouster-as-major-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4426","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;New potential whistleblower&#8217;: Legal expert flags Trump tax lawyer ouster as major blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Trump administration&#8217;s ouster of a top Internal Revenue Service attorney might have created a &#8220;new potential whistleblower&#8221; who could reveal &#8220;what is really going on in the White House,&#8221; a legal expert warned Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4424\">Pardoned J6er humiliated after botched attempt to crash Dem campaign event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legal AF analyst Michael Popok, responding the Wall Street Journal report that top Treasury Department tax policy official Kenneth Kies had been forced out of his job, noted he &#8220;used to be Donald Trump&#8217;s personal tax lawyer and lobbyist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kies had since become an assistant Treasury secretary and acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, who, according to Popok, resigned &#8220;rather than allow the White House to violate a federal criminal statute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statute in question prevents the White House from directing who gets audited, Popok said. <\/p>\n<p>Kies departed &#8220;moments&#8221; after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche executed a settlement agreement that gave President Donald Trump and his family a &#8220;super pardon against all tax liability and tax audits,&#8221; Popok said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4422\">\u2018Due to Trump\u2019s illegal war\u2019: U.S. service members\u2019 deaths met with despair and rage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That  blanket immunity arose out of Trump&#8217;s IRS lawsuit, which also created the defunct anti-weaponization fund, reports show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Kies] was okay with that,&#8221; Popok claimed. &#8220;But he&#8217;s not okay with then turning the weaponry of the Internal Revenue Service on to Donald Trump&#8217;s political enemies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This corresponds with Wall Street Journal reporting that Kies recently &#8220;clashed behind the scenes&#8221; over &#8220;a potential White House request would violate Section 7217 of the Internal Revenue Code.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Popok urged Democrats to seek Kies out. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not yet a whistleblower, but he&#8217;s definitely somebody who, if I were a Democrat, I would be trying to subpoena,&#8221; Popok said. &#8220;Bring him in for testimony, to an oversight committee hearing, [ask] about what is really going on in the White House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4420\">Flailing MAGA candidate caught in crowd-size lie: \u2018A very Low-T move\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why? 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