EXCLUSIVE: Independent Filmmaker Threatened by IRS — Refused to Provide Video Footage to January 6 Select Committee or Department of Justice
Jason Rink Interviewing Jake Angeli on January 7, 2021
Documentarian Jason Rink doesn’t go looking for trouble. As someone who quickly recognized the potential for problems while filming at the initial breach of the barricades at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, the 48-year-old filmmaker isn’t known to take unnecessary risks.
But although he managed to stay out of any restricted grounds that day, it seems trouble has come looking for him anyway.
On September 27, 2022, Rink received a letter advising him that for the first time in his many years as an entrepreneur, the IRS wanted a closer look at his tax filings.
“They’re like; ‘We believe you owe $80,000 in taxes plus $40,000 in fines from 2019,’” Rink explained on a Saturday morning phone call,
