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My next encounter came on 09-08-99. Around 11:35 Iris Lehrich called me from
Senator Roth’s office. She told me that the letter I faxed to Senator Roth was
turned over to her. Iris explained to me that they were going to investigate my
case, they were going to find out why the IRS did this to me and find out why
they had not settled this yet. She asked me to send her a copy of the
manuscript so they would at least know my side of the story. I replied that I
didn’t trust the IRS and I sure as hell wasn’t going to give them a copy of the
manuscript so they could start building their defense. Iris told me that she
was a Senate Investigator, not an IRS agent. I told Iris that before I gave her
an answer, I wanted to talk with my attorney first. She said that was fine.
Iris ended the conversation by telling me that the Senate was going to hold
additional hearings and they may want me to testify at those hearings.
The following day, 09-09-99 I talked to Dennis Strong and asked him if he
thought that I should send a copy of the manuscript to Iris. He said yes, send
it. He told me that if they actually investigated what happened to me, they
would find out that I was right and it would probably force the IRS to settle
with me on a more reasonable level.
I followed Dennis’s advice and on 09-10-99 I sent Iris a manuscript along
with a letter next day delivery. If they were going to honestly investigate
what happened, I didn’t want to delay that process even by a day. I wanted this
ordeal over with.
I gave it until 09-16-99 and around 10:51 I called Iris to see if she
received the manuscript. Once again, you’re very important to us, so please
leave another message, in other words talk to the tape.
At 10:56 Iris returned my call. She said that she had received the
manuscript and had read the first 70 pages. She said that the matter is over
her head, she does not have the authority to deal with anything this
complicated so she is turning the manuscript over to a Mr. Strouse who is the
lead investigator for the Senate Finance Committee. He is on vacation this week
so Iris said that I will hear from him in the next week.
After waiting for over a week for Mr. Strouse to call, I called him on
09-27-99 around 2:53 I called and Iris answered the phone and told me that Mr.
Strouse was not ready to talk to me yet, it would be another day or two. She
told me that they were having a difficult time getting any records from the IRS
so it may take a little longer than she thought to resolve my case.
On 09-29-99 around 10:35 I called Iris again, she said that Mr. Strouse will
call me today.
At 11:40 Mr. Strouse returned my call. He said that he will need two to four
weeks to figure out why this happened to me. He then told me that his biggest
hurdle was getting the IRS to provide him with any records. He closed the
conversation by saying that he will call me back soon because the more he reads
of the manuscript the more questions he would need answered.
After waiting about four weeks for Mr. Strouse to call, I called him on 10-25-99
around11:36. He was not available so I left a message for him to call me.
When I went home for lunch that day I picked up the mail and found another
letter from the IRS. It read:
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