The Inspector general’s office is looking into whether the IRS targeted former FBI Director James Comey and Andrew McCabe as a form or political revenge under the direction of former president Donald Trump. Trump had attempted to cajole both men to get them to agree to drop their investigation of him, but when they refused, Trump fired them. Both men seemed to embarrass the president when they reported their meetings with him to the press. Soon after, they were notified that the IRS was auditing their taxes. Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Tribe says ‘political targeting is a serious federal crime.” The January 6th hearing and possible charges are distancing GOP donors further from Trump 2024. Meanwhile recent articles, including one by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Lynn Schmidt suggests only former Vice President Mike Pence and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney can save the Republican Party by running as president and vice president, respectively. But will the Trump wing of the GOP ever follow suit? Rick points out a bigger problem for Cheney is that she’s a war hawk who will be inescapably tied to the disastrous war in Iraq that her father executed and profited from as both a VP and through his ties as a war profiteer with Halliburton. That could give Trump and the Democrats a talking point he will no doubt cash in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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