Internal Revenue Service

Sensitive Case Reports (SCRs) Regarding FOIA Requests at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Background The below documents were discovered after searching emails for the following keywords: "The Black Vault", "John Greenewald" etc. The…

April 4, 2023

IRS Spoof Video of Donald Trump and ‘The Apprentice’

Background The Internal Revenue Service created a video parody of Donald Trump’s television show “The Apprentice” which was broadcast at…

April 27, 2017

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Internal FOIA Status Reports

Background Enacted in 1966, the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, gives any person the right to access federal agency…

March 22, 2017

IRS Congressional Liaison Officer Leonard Oursler Emails Regarding Donald Trump (October 2016 – February 2017)

Background According to the IRS: Leonard Oursler began his service with the IRS in October of 1997. His first position…

March 5, 2017

Inside the IRS E-Mails: Abolish the IRS

Background One interesting use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), is crafting the request to search for certain keywords,…

June 29, 2016