Re:Peter Thiel turned a Roth IRA into a $5B tax-free piggy bank
by kyrra on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:33PM
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Per their about page[0]:
> We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.
As you said, the "abuse of power" here is someone (likely) at the IRS leaked these documents. Someone with the power over others taxes chose to share that info. Then ProPublica is then using this information to push a tax story that they want.
> We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.
As you said, the "abuse of power" here is someone (likely) at the IRS leaked these documents. Someone with the power over others taxes chose to share that info. Then ProPublica is then using this information to push a tax story that they want.
[0] https://www.propublica.org/about