Walter Kirn

It's crazy. It's like, you know, when you go to get a Chevy Traverse test drive, you come out more like a family than like, you know. Somebody who just took a car. I mean, they're talking about getting in and out of a car.

It's crazy. It's like, you know, when you go to get a Chevy Traverse test drive, you come out more like a family than like, you know. Somebody who just took a car. I mean, they're talking about getting in and out of a car.

Uh, they, they are, um, I was actually told, uh, at the end of that month. So they, that happened on, I think March 9th of 2023. Uh, by the end of the month, they told me that I was in the clear. They actually owed me a lot of money. Um, and the, uh, And the investigation had been started up on the same day as one of the main Twitter files reports.

Uh, they, they are, um, I was actually told, uh, at the end of that month. So they, that happened on, I think March 9th of 2023. Uh, by the end of the month, they told me that I was in the clear. They actually owed me a lot of money. Um, and the, uh, And the investigation had been started up on the same day as one of the main Twitter files reports.

Uh, they, they are, um, I was actually told, uh, at the end of that month. So they, that happened on, I think March 9th of 2023. Uh, by the end of the month, they told me that I was in the clear. They actually owed me a lot of money. Um, and the, uh, And the investigation had been started up on the same day as one of the main Twitter files reports.

And once the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Treasury asking basically what the deal was, they sent over a whole bunch of documents and conceded that there was nothing there and then informed me personally that I was in the clear. So I'm not being investigated anymore. And then thanks to Jim Jordan, actually, they changed the policy about personal visits to people by the IRS.

And once the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Treasury asking basically what the deal was, they sent over a whole bunch of documents and conceded that there was nothing there and then informed me personally that I was in the clear. So I'm not being investigated anymore. And then thanks to Jim Jordan, actually, they changed the policy about personal visits to people by the IRS.

And once the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Treasury asking basically what the deal was, they sent over a whole bunch of documents and conceded that there was nothing there and then informed me personally that I was in the clear. So I'm not being investigated anymore. And then thanks to Jim Jordan, actually, they changed the policy about personal visits to people by the IRS.

So that was actually a positive outcome to that whole thing.

So that was actually a positive outcome to that whole thing.

So that was actually a positive outcome to that whole thing.

Clearly not. You know, I think we can go back through history and find many examples of people who've been investigated, you know, at least the DOJ has been nudged in the direction of somebody. I mean, I think that's been a feature of almost every presidential administration going back to Nixon. Am I wrong about that, Walter? I can't think of anybody who hasn't been in trouble for that.

Clearly not. You know, I think we can go back through history and find many examples of people who've been investigated, you know, at least the DOJ has been nudged in the direction of somebody. I mean, I think that's been a feature of almost every presidential administration going back to Nixon. Am I wrong about that, Walter? I can't think of anybody who hasn't been in trouble for that.

Clearly not. You know, I think we can go back through history and find many examples of people who've been investigated, you know, at least the DOJ has been nudged in the direction of somebody. I mean, I think that's been a feature of almost every presidential administration going back to Nixon. Am I wrong about that, Walter? I can't think of anybody who hasn't been in trouble for that.

But, you know, That whole thing that Miles Taylor, you know, he's a character, right? He was a significant character in the Twitter files. We didn't do a lot of the reports on those. Um, but I know that there was talk about investigating him even, um, even before the end of Trump's first term.

But, you know, That whole thing that Miles Taylor, you know, he's a character, right? He was a significant character in the Twitter files. We didn't do a lot of the reports on those. Um, but I know that there was talk about investigating him even, um, even before the end of Trump's first term.

But, you know, That whole thing that Miles Taylor, you know, he's a character, right? He was a significant character in the Twitter files. We didn't do a lot of the reports on those. Um, but I know that there was talk about investigating him even, um, even before the end of Trump's first term.

Well, when this story first came out in 2017, it's based on a single passage in a book that I co-wrote with my former co-editor in Moscow. And it's completely fictional, like almost everything else in The Exile. I mean... The Exile was a satirical newspaper where everything was basically backwards. The whole idea was an un-newspaper.

Well, when this story first came out in 2017, it's based on a single passage in a book that I co-wrote with my former co-editor in Moscow. And it's completely fictional, like almost everything else in The Exile. I mean... The Exile was a satirical newspaper where everything was basically backwards. The whole idea was an un-newspaper.

Well, when this story first came out in 2017, it's based on a single passage in a book that I co-wrote with my former co-editor in Moscow. And it's completely fictional, like almost everything else in The Exile. I mean... The Exile was a satirical newspaper where everything was basically backwards. The whole idea was an un-newspaper.