DOGE shows up at IRS, sending taxmen into panic

The Department of Government Efficiency has managed in just a few weeks to inspire dread among various contributors to and beneficiaries of government waste.

After making its penetrating gaze felt at over a dozen federal agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the DOGE set its sights on the Internal Revenue Service.

Sure enough, bureaucrats at the organization that the Obama administration weaponized against conservatives have begun to panic.

Two unnamed sources said to be familiar with the matter told Reuters that one of Elon Musk’s top DOGE staffers, Gavin Kliger, arrived at the IRS Thursday to scrutinize the agency’s operations. Kliger reportedly met with top executives at the agency who were separately instructed in an email to identify all “non-essential” contracts for termination.

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