Obama IRS selectively investigates opposition exemption apps

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Re: Obama IRS selectively investigates opposition exemption

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri May 17, 2013 3:55 pm

LOL - yes, that would help.

Of course, it would definitely be bigger news if it was "IRS singled out Progressive organizations for heightened scrutiny..."

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Re: Obama IRS selectively investigates opposition exemption

Post by Warren Dew » Wed May 22, 2013 5:02 am

I'm about as prochoice as they come, but this is ridiculous.

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Re: Obama IRS selectively investigates opposition exemption

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:47 pm

House of Representatives committee finds that Lois Lerner waived her 5th Amendment rights, and must testify or be held in contempt of Congress.... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns- ... 9400.story

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Re: Obama IRS selectively investigates opposition exemption

Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:57 pm

IRS employees have told congressional investigators that they were ordered by the agency’s Washington office to give extra scrutiny to tea party groups’ applications for tax-exempt status, according to excerpts from interviews with the employees that were released by House committee chairmen Wednesday.
Carter Hull, a tax law specialist with 48 years of experience at the IRS, told investigators that Lois Lerner, the former head of the Exempt Organizations division, demanded he send some of the reviews of tea party groups to the IRS chief counsel’s office in Washington. The chief counsel is one of two political appointees in the IRS.
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