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Jan 2020
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After Hours EP 014 | We Help You Find Fr...

Sharyl Attkisson
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An IRS program is supposed to allow tens of millions of Americans to get free professional help filing their income taxes. Guess who tried to hide it? We'll tell you how to find it! Hat tip to ProPublica for its investigation. Investigative Producer David Bernknopf joins me for this podcast. Subscribe to my two podcasts: “The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast” and “ ... Show More
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