Twenty armed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents carried out a raid at a gun store in Great Falls, Montana, seizing all documents that record buyer’s information during transactions.
The IRS has been reported to have spent $35.2 million since 2006 on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment, with $10 million expended since 2020 alone.
"Millions of dollars are being spent on financing terrorist groups and political radicals around the globe," the report claims, linking this purported activity to the CIA's operatives and high-ranking officials.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States will focus its efforts on aiding Ukraine "for as long as it takes" rather than encourage Russia and Ukraine to reach a settlement.