Trump admin 'caught in a lie' about massive IRS layoffs: reporter [View all]
Source: Raw Story
August 19, 2025 2:54PM ET
President Donald Trump's administration has been "caught in a lie" about its massive cuts to government agencies, including the IRS, CNN senior reporter Marshall Cohen reported Tuesday.
Cohen cited the release of a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which found that probationary IRS employees were terminated "without following internal procedures and considering individual performance."
"The Trump administration fired 7,300+ probationary IRS employees in February, with a termination letter stating: 'taking into account your performance... your continued employment... is not in the public interest,'" said Cohen. Of those, 51% of newer probationary employees "didn't even have a performance evaluation on record yet. And for the other employees who had been evaluated, 99% (!) were deemed 'fully successful' at their jobs, or better," Cohen added.
Being on probation doesn't mean that the employee did something wrong; rather, it means they're new and there is a probationary period before (sic)
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Link to Treasury Department Inspector General REPORT (PDF) - https://www.tigta.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2025-08/2025ier028fr.pdf
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Trump admin. caught in a lie regarding mass IRS layoffs.
The Trump admin. fired 7,300+ probationary IRS employees in February, with a termination letter stating: "taking into account your performance... your continued employment... is not in the public interest." However, a new IG report found that 51% of those newer probationary employees didn't even have a performance evaluation on record yet. And for the other employees who had been evaluated, 99% (!) were deemed "fully successful" at their jobs, or better.
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12:28 PM · Aug 19, 2025
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