He must’ve been too busy race-baiting to pay his taxes. Either that or he has the same accountant Al Franken does.

But he still carries baggage from his early days as a fire-breathing agitator: Government records obtained by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties.

Now the U.S. attorney is investigating his nonprofit group, a probe that an undeterred Sharpton brushes off as the kind of annoyance that civil rights figures have come to expect from the government.

“Whatever retaliation they do on me, we never stop,” he told the AP. “I think that that is why they try to intimidate us.”

But of course. Dare investigate the dealings of a “civil rights leader” who owes $1.5 million in back taxes in the 21st century, you must be trying to intimidate him. It can’t possibly be an authentic investigation. Then again, Al knows a thing or two about intimidation and thuggery in the pursuit of getting your way.