New documents showed how the IRS panicked after the Trump administration sought to put former President Donald Trump’s signature on COVID-19 stimulus checks.
In March 2020, Congress passed the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, providing $1,200 stimulus checks to roughly 80 million taxpayers. Chaos ensued when an order from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked that Trump’s name be added to the checks.
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