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IRS-Gate: WAPO Editorial Board Rips Obama; Obama Brother Tax-Exempt Status In 30 Days
Birther Report
5/11/2013
Excerpt:
IRS anti-Tea Party scandal gets real — senior IRS officials aware of targeting
(Update – Chief Counsel knew and targets expanded to groups “educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights”)
By Professor William A. Jacobson @ Legal Insurrection
This is getting real.
Yesterday it was just some “low level” employees involved. Now AP is reporting that senior IRS officials were aware of the targeting, via AP, IRS watchdog: Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 tea parties’ tax-exempt status being targeted (h/t @GabrielMalor):
WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS watchdog: Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 tea parties’ tax-exempt status being targeted.
(added) AP has expanded its report now (h/t reader):
A federal watchdog’s upcoming report says senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups in 2011.
The disclosure contradicts public statements by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who repeatedly assured Congress that conservative groups were not targeted.
On Friday, the IRS apologized for what it acknowledged was “inappropriate” targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if those groups were violating their tax-exempt status.
The Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration is expected to release the results of a nearly yearlong investigation in the coming week.
The Associated Press obtained part of the draft report.
That report says the head of the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups learned that groups were being targeted in June 2011. It does not say whether Shulman was notified.
Remember, you’re not paranoid, they really do hate you. At the highest levels.
As IRS admits it targeted Tea Party groups, remember IRS is Obamacare enforcer.
Hey, low-level IRS workers in Cincinnati, way to validate right-wing conspiracy theories for the rest of the century! bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-ap…
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) May 10, 2013
UPDATE: The AP story is ever-expanding in its detail. H/t Ed Morrissey on this part:
Among the other revelations, on Aug. 4, 2011, staffers in the IRS’ Rulings and Agreements office “held a meeting with chief counsel so that everyone would have the latest information on the issue.”
On Jan, 25, 2012, the criteria for flagging suspect groups was changed to, “political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding Government, educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, social economic reform/movement,” the report says.
Got that? The Chief Counsel knew, and in an election year the targeting expanded to groups educating people on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. [...] - Continued at Legal Insurrection. More on this from L.I. here. Hat tip Free Republic.
Playing politics with tax records
By Washington Post Editorial Board
A BEDROCK principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose. The law is blind to political viewpoint, and so are its enforcers, most especially the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service. Any violation of this principle threatens the trust and the voluntary cooperation of citizens upon which this democracy depends.
So it was appalling to learn Friday that the IRS had improperly targeted conservative groups for scrutiny. It was almost as disturbing that President Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew have not personally apologized to the American people and promised a full investigation. [...] - Continued at Washington Post. Hat tip Julio.
'The IRS: First they came for the Tea Partiers, then they came for the Jews' - The IRS even took the position that because Israel is a country “where terrorism happens,” the service was justified in taking additional time to determine whether Z STREET was involved with funding terrorism. The first hearing in Z STREET v IRS is reportedly scheduled for July. [...] - Continued at PJ Media. Hat tip Mara Zebest.
Whoa: Did the IRS also target Jewish groups for 'extra-special attention'? - Why does the IRS have a "a special unit in the D.C. office" to review Israel-related orgs? [...] - Via Twitchy. Hat tip Mara Zebest.
UPDATE: ABC News: Nixonian Abuse Of Power By The Obama Administration - DETAILS HERE.
FLASHBACK VIA WND & ORYR/BR:
IRS Gives Obama Brother Abongo Obama ( Kenyan National with
U.S. Social Security Number ) Expedited Tax-Exempt Status
WND - President Obama's half-brother, who runs a foundation that collects funds in the United States, was able to get approval of a tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service in an unheard-of time period of only a month, records reveal.
Barack Obama's half-brother Abongo Malik Obama, also known as "Roy" Obama, appears to have received the sudden IRS approval to operate as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization in only 30 days. The result was made retroactive for three years.
The Barack H. Obama Foundation, which runs out of a commercial mail drop in Arlington, Va., has solicited tax-deductible contributions on the Internet since 2008.
But it first submitted an application for its tax exemption in May and was granted the status in June, according to records.
Abongo Malik Obama continues to serve as the founder and president of the Barack H. Obama Foundation, which, since it was set up in 2008, has asked for tax-deductible contributions on the Internet, listing addresses and telephone numbers both in the U.S. and Kenya, but without disclosing the group lacked an IRS determination letter.
This week, the IRS confirmed to WND that the Barack H. Obama Foundation received a determination letter in June, awarding the group tax-exempt 501(c)3 status, retroactively to 2008. [...]
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...oard-rips.html
Birther Report
5/11/2013
Excerpt:
IRS anti-Tea Party scandal gets real — senior IRS officials aware of targeting
(Update – Chief Counsel knew and targets expanded to groups “educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights”)
By Professor William A. Jacobson @ Legal Insurrection
This is getting real.
Yesterday it was just some “low level” employees involved. Now AP is reporting that senior IRS officials were aware of the targeting, via AP, IRS watchdog: Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 tea parties’ tax-exempt status being targeted (h/t @GabrielMalor):
WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS watchdog: Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 tea parties’ tax-exempt status being targeted.
(added) AP has expanded its report now (h/t reader):
A federal watchdog’s upcoming report says senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups in 2011.
The disclosure contradicts public statements by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who repeatedly assured Congress that conservative groups were not targeted.
On Friday, the IRS apologized for what it acknowledged was “inappropriate” targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if those groups were violating their tax-exempt status.
The Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration is expected to release the results of a nearly yearlong investigation in the coming week.
The Associated Press obtained part of the draft report.
That report says the head of the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups learned that groups were being targeted in June 2011. It does not say whether Shulman was notified.
Remember, you’re not paranoid, they really do hate you. At the highest levels.
As IRS admits it targeted Tea Party groups, remember IRS is Obamacare enforcer.
Hey, low-level IRS workers in Cincinnati, way to validate right-wing conspiracy theories for the rest of the century! bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-ap…
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) May 10, 2013
UPDATE: The AP story is ever-expanding in its detail. H/t Ed Morrissey on this part:
Among the other revelations, on Aug. 4, 2011, staffers in the IRS’ Rulings and Agreements office “held a meeting with chief counsel so that everyone would have the latest information on the issue.”
On Jan, 25, 2012, the criteria for flagging suspect groups was changed to, “political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding Government, educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, social economic reform/movement,” the report says.
Got that? The Chief Counsel knew, and in an election year the targeting expanded to groups educating people on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. [...] - Continued at Legal Insurrection. More on this from L.I. here. Hat tip Free Republic.
Playing politics with tax records
By Washington Post Editorial Board
A BEDROCK principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose. The law is blind to political viewpoint, and so are its enforcers, most especially the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service. Any violation of this principle threatens the trust and the voluntary cooperation of citizens upon which this democracy depends.
So it was appalling to learn Friday that the IRS had improperly targeted conservative groups for scrutiny. It was almost as disturbing that President Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew have not personally apologized to the American people and promised a full investigation. [...] - Continued at Washington Post. Hat tip Julio.
'The IRS: First they came for the Tea Partiers, then they came for the Jews' - The IRS even took the position that because Israel is a country “where terrorism happens,” the service was justified in taking additional time to determine whether Z STREET was involved with funding terrorism. The first hearing in Z STREET v IRS is reportedly scheduled for July. [...] - Continued at PJ Media. Hat tip Mara Zebest.
Whoa: Did the IRS also target Jewish groups for 'extra-special attention'? - Why does the IRS have a "a special unit in the D.C. office" to review Israel-related orgs? [...] - Via Twitchy. Hat tip Mara Zebest.
UPDATE: ABC News: Nixonian Abuse Of Power By The Obama Administration - DETAILS HERE.
FLASHBACK VIA WND & ORYR/BR:
IRS Gives Obama Brother Abongo Obama ( Kenyan National with
U.S. Social Security Number ) Expedited Tax-Exempt Status
WND - President Obama's half-brother, who runs a foundation that collects funds in the United States, was able to get approval of a tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service in an unheard-of time period of only a month, records reveal.
Barack Obama's half-brother Abongo Malik Obama, also known as "Roy" Obama, appears to have received the sudden IRS approval to operate as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization in only 30 days. The result was made retroactive for three years.
The Barack H. Obama Foundation, which runs out of a commercial mail drop in Arlington, Va., has solicited tax-deductible contributions on the Internet since 2008.
But it first submitted an application for its tax exemption in May and was granted the status in June, according to records.
Abongo Malik Obama continues to serve as the founder and president of the Barack H. Obama Foundation, which, since it was set up in 2008, has asked for tax-deductible contributions on the Internet, listing addresses and telephone numbers both in the U.S. and Kenya, but without disclosing the group lacked an IRS determination letter.
This week, the IRS confirmed to WND that the Barack H. Obama Foundation received a determination letter in June, awarding the group tax-exempt 501(c)3 status, retroactively to 2008. [...]
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...oard-rips.html
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