The Issue

Today Donald announced his administration will be stripping the tax exempt status from Harvard University. Aside from the First Amendment violations implications, his action is a direct violation of U.S. tax code, specifically §7217 which prohibits the president from using the IRS to attack his enemies.

The entire section is linked above, but the most relevant sections are these:

§7217. Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
(a) Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

and

(d) Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

and most importantly

(e) Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means-
(1) the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President;

Who to call

Jared Huffman, House Representative
Telephone: 202-225-5161
Email: https://huffman.house.gov/contact/email-me

The Script

My name is ______________; my address is ________________.
I’m calling to ask Representative Huffman to file impeachment charges against Trump for his violation of U.S. tax code section 7217 that makes it a crime for the president to advocate revoking tax exempt status for a non-profit organization such as Harvard University.