John Flanagan died on June 25. His obituary is here. The obituary says in part relevant to his DOJ Tax service:
He clerked for a U.S. Tax Court judge, and in 1968 joined the United States Department of Justice as a prosecuting attorney in the Tax Division. He tried cases across the United States, always intrigued that so many people from Cincinnati he met in Washington wanted to return home.
Amended 7/7/26 6:00pm: I am informed that John was in Refund 1, a civil trial section, rather than the Criminal Section (that might be inferred from "prosecuting attorney" in the obituary.
