Tax-protesting ex-Idaho rep’s funds to be probed

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bankruptcy judge has ordered a tax-protesting former Idaho state representative to submit to intense new scrutiny of his finances, something federal lawyers say is necessary to prevent him from hiding assets from creditors including the U.S. government.

Phil Hart now must appear at a hearing May 20 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Coeur d’Alene, according to Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Terry Myers’ order.

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