DOGE's Audit of the IRS Begins; Trump Defends Policies Amid Lawsuits
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Despite the legal pushbacks it’s now facing, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is moving forward with audits and reviews of government agencies. And now, just in time for tax season, DOGE staff have arrived at the headquarters of the IRS. The federal tax collection agency is now facing an investigation into any potential waste, and also a review of its practices.
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| 0:00.0 | Doge is beginning its audit of the IRS. Despite the legal pushback it's now facing, the Doge |
| 0:05.7 | department is moving forward with its audits and reviews of government agencies. Meanwhile, |
| 0:10.9 | Trump and his team are facing a growing list of legal challenges right now. Many of Trump's |
| 0:15.9 | policies are now being blocked by judges and throughout the country, and Trump has now responded |
| 0:20.8 | to this legal |
| 0:21.6 | pushback. I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip and you're listening |
| 0:26.3 | to Crossroads. |
| 0:31.2 | Despite the legal pushbacks Doge is facing, the Doge Department is moving forward with audits |
| 0:38.5 | and reviews of government agencies. And now just in time for tax season, Doge staff have now |
| 0:45.0 | arrived at the headquarters of the IRS. The federal tax collection agency is now facing an |
| 0:50.3 | investigation into any potential waste and also a review of its practices. |
| 0:56.0 | And look, reports began circling last week after Doge staff were seen at the IRS building, |
| 1:02.0 | and this was followed by a public announcement on the upcoming actions from President Donald Trump. |
| 1:07.0 | The blaze wrote this. |
| 1:09.0 | It said two unnamed sources said to be familiar with the matter |
| 1:12.5 | told Reuters that one of Elon Musk's top Doge staffers, Gavin Kleiger, arrived at the IRS |
| 1:19.3 | Thursday to scrutinize the agency's operation. And it said that Kleiger reportedly met with |
| 1:24.8 | top executives at the agency who were separately instructed |
| 1:29.0 | in an email to identify all non-essential contracts for termination. |
| 1:35.8 | And noted this, quote, consistent with the goals and directives of the Trump administration |
| 1:39.8 | to eliminate waste, reduce spending, and increase efficiency, GSA, General Service Administration, |
| 1:47.3 | has taken the first steps in a government-wide initiative to eliminate non-essential consulting |
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