IRS Launches Probe Into Audits of Comey and McCabe

The IRS said that it had asked the inspector general who oversees tax matters to investigate how James Comey, the former FBI director, and his deputy, Andrew McCabe — both perceived enemies of former President Donald Trump — came to be faced with rare, exhaustive audits that the agency says are supposed to be random, the New York Times reports.

Philip Bump: How unlikely were those Comey-McCabe audits? See for yourself.