IG Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information

by William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing and Andy Kroll

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A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information, internal communications reviewed by ProPublica show.

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