Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims his family was targeted by the outgoing Biden administration with an audit from the IRS.

“Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ‘audit’ of the incoming SecDef. Total sham,” Hegseth wrote on his official X account Monday, including a photo of an IRS document addressed to him and his wife.

The document said the couple owes the government $33,558.16, which needs to be paid immediately to avoid further penalties.

It’s unclear what year or years the document is addressing.

“The party of ‘norms’ and ‘decency’ strikes again. We will never back down,” Hegseth added in his tweet.

He is not the first cabinet appointee to receive a letter from the IRS.

In 2009, it was famously revealed that President Obama’s Treasury Secretary appointee, Timothy Geithner, owed the IRS about $35,000 in unpaid Social Security and Medicaid taxes.

He paid the sum back and was appointed. 

Hegseth — one of Trump’s more controversial cabinet picks — was confirmed as secretary of defense in January.

Opponents argued that his prior experience – which included serving as a Fox News contributor but no government work – left him ill-equipped to run the nation’s military.

He also was facing allegations of sexual misconduct, claims of alcohol problems, accusations that several of his tattoos were coded white supremacy messages and alleged financial mismanagement of the veterans groups he oversaw.

But supporters cited his years of service in both the Army and as a veterans’ advocate in arguing for his confirmation.

They characterized the allegations against him as an organized effort by establishment Democrats to derail his appointment.

Hegseth was eventually confirmed with a 51-50 vote in the Senate.

Soon after he became secretary of defense, Hegseth joined President Trump in stripping away the security clearances of former staffers deemed who have previously been resistant to Republican leadership.

Since taking office Jan. 20, President Trump has revoked the security clearance of his predecessor, Joe Biden and ex-national security adviser John Bolton.

Trump, 78, has also pulled back security details protecting both Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, despite federal investigators recently revealing both men have been targeted by Iran for assassination.

“He does not believe American taxpayers should fund security details for individuals who have served in the government for the rest of their lives,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Jan. 28.

“There’s nothing stopping these individuals that you mentioned from obtaining private security,” Leavitt added. “That’s where the president stands on it.”