US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsett said that before he finished his work, the administration of former US President Joe Biden launched a tax audit against him. In a post on X, the Pentagon chief called it “profanation“ /b.r. disrespectful attitude towards something or someone who deserves respect/.
"Of course, Biden's outgoing IRS (b.r. Internal Revenue Service, US tax agency) rushed to conduct an "audit" of the future Secretary of Defense. A complete fraud", Hegsett wrote on Monday. "The party of "norms" and "decency" strikes again. We will never back down," the Pentagon chief said.
He also attached a photo of part of a document to the post, which reads: “Dear Peter and Jennifer Hegsett, we are reviewing your federal tax return, you owe $33,558.16.“
The Defense Secretary's post was commented on by the head of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk. “They love low blows,“ he wrote in the comments to Hegsett's post.