IRS Worker Gets Retaliation Claim Against Feds Revived on Appeal

An IRS whistleblower who is suing the government for false testimony against him by IRS agents will have his case heard again in a district court, because that court erred in ruling that it didn’t have jurisdiction, an appeals court found.

Kenneth Mynatt, an IRS employee, blew the whistle on unethical actions by employees and managers at the IRS. He asserted that various federal employees launched a retaliation campaign against him, alleging that Mynatt stole funds from the employee union and presenting “false testimony and forged documents” to prosecutors, leading to a grand-jury indictment against Mynatt. The charges against him ...