WASHINGTON — Some prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump — including three officials in his first administration — are instructing their accountants to safeguard against the possibility of Trump ordering investigations into their tax records after he returns to the White House, according to interviews with Reuters.

Several American administrations in the 20th century misused the Internal Revenue Service, the US tax collection agency, to target opponents by ordering audits of their tax filings, historians say.

Six Trump critics, including two national security officials and one CIA officer in his first administration, told Reuters they fear a malicious IRS audit. Five are taking protective measures in response to the former president's vows to seek retribution against perceived enemies. "We are going through our finances with a fine-tooth comb," one of the former national security officials told Reuters.

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