In what seems like an age ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) became embroiled in scandal when it came to light that conservative non-profit groups were being targeted for intensive scrutiny and denied a timely review of their requests for 501 c (4) status.
The abuses began in 2010 and were uncovered in May 2013. The focus was primarily on groups related to the Tea Party and tax reform movements. At the time, President Barack Obama expressed fake outrage and wound up doing nothing about. The Department of Justice opened a criminal inquiry that ended in 2015 with no charges being brought.
Lois Lerner, head of the Exempt Organizations unit for the IRS, was the primary focus of the inquiry because of her expressed policy of targeting tea party groups. She retired from the agency will full benefits.
It was left to watchdog groups like Judicial Watch to keep the pressure on the IRS to come clean on its illegal activities. For years, it has sought various IRS records, including Lerner’s emails.
A July 13 Inspector General report on IRS record maintenance brought to light new abuses that have led Judicial Watch to seek a new inquiry by the DOJ.
Learn the extent of the IRS’s cover-up and what appears to be the destruction of government records. The disturbing story continues on the next page.
Great diary. The sad thing is that so many more crimes were committed under W and it seems we have stopped prosecuting the real perps. I have low confidence that Trump and his crooks will face justice. For instance, Scooter Libby, not$#%&!@*Cheney. Or SEC fines, but no prosecutions. No one in the financial crisis. No one for torture. No one for rendition and black sites. No one for illegal surveillance. No one for the Iraq war lies, the corruption and criminal stupidity of the Iraq Provisional Authority, and many many more. I’ve not searched for data to support this, but anecdotally it seems more and more are escaping justice as we move forward from Watergate to the present, with Bush the Dumber’s admin getting away with a lot more than previous admins. Corruption is being normalized by the media which overly focuses on non-scandals, and the public is getting more cynical, more easily distracted, and detached from political reality.
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Great diary. The sad thing is that so many more crimes were committed under W and it seems we have stopped prosecuting the real perps. I have low confidence that Trump and his crooks will face justice. For instance, Scooter Libby, not$#%&!@*Cheney. Or SEC fines, but no prosecutions. No one in the financial crisis. No one for torture. No one for rendition and black sites. No one for illegal surveillance. No one for the Iraq war lies, the corruption and criminal stupidity of the Iraq Provisional Authority, and many many more. I’ve not searched for data to support this, but anecdotally it seems more and more are escaping justice as we move forward from Watergate to the present, with Bush the Dumber’s admin getting away with a lot more than previous admins. Corruption is being normalized by the media which overly focuses on non-scandals, and the public is getting more cynical, more easily distracted, and detached from political reality.
Can’t believe that the cockroach hasn’t been canned already.
Gitmo awaits for this muslime thug ! He should fell right at home.
Why is he still the head of the IRS.oh,never mind.he makes them to much money for him to get fired for something as not as important as records that incriminate democraps and Hussein.
not JUST fired
Looks like a Soros bro !
string him up!
Amen, do something
Another evil one