Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore paid off $75K tax lien, but says IRS owes him money
Stephen Moore, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to join the Federal Reserve board, says he has paid off a year-old $75,000 income tax lien — but the conservative pundit is not abandoning efforts to recoup money from the IRS that he claims the agency owes him and his wife.
However, Moore still could face scrutiny for his economic views, past writings about women, and a 2012 contempt-of-court finding by a judge after he failed to pay his ex-wife more than $330,000 in alimony, child support and a divorce settlement. Another Trump pick for the Fed, businessman Herman Cain, withdrew from contention earlier this week after four GOP senators said they would not support his nomination. Cain dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in late 2011 after accusations of sexual harassment by several women. He has denied their claims.
Moore told The Guardian that for several years he had been"working through a dispute with the IRS, attempting to be returned what my attorneys and my accountant believe were tax overpayments of tens of thousands of dollars."
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