President Trump repeatedly told John Kelly, his second White House chief of staff, that he wanted the IRS to investigate his political enemies, the N.Y. Times' Michael Schmidt reports (subscription).
- Kelly said in response to questions from The Times that Trump — who's expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign tomorrow night — said "we ought to investigate" and "get the IRS on" former FBI director James Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe.
Kelly told The Times that "he believes that he led Mr. Trump during his tenure as chief of staff to forgo trying to have such investigations conducted."
- The Times reported in July that Comey and McCabe were both selected for a rare, highly intrusive IRS audit after Kelly left.
N.Y. Times Upshot later calculated that the chances both men would be randomly selected for the audit were 1 in 82 million.
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