Additional scrutiny of conservative organizations’ activities by the IRS did not solely originate in the agency’s Cincinnati office, with requests for information coming from other offices and often bearing the signatures of higher-ups at the agency, according to attorneys representing some of the targeted groups. At least one letter requesting information about one of the groups bears the signature of Lois Lerner, the suspended director of the IRS Exempt Organizations department in Washington.
Jay Sekulow, an attorney representing 27 conservative political advocacy organizations that applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status, provided some of the letters to NBC News. He said the groups’ contacts with the IRS prove that the practices went beyond a few “front line” employees in the Cincinnati office, as the IRS has maintained.
“We've dealt with 15 agents, including tax law specialists -- that's lawyers -- from four different offices, including (the) Treasury (Department) in Washington, D.C.,” Sekulow said. “So the idea that this is a couple of rogue agents in Cincinnati is not correct.”
Would you describe these groups as primarily political in nature?
Would you describe these groups as primarily political in nature?
Would you describe these groups as primarily political in nature?
Would you describe these groups as primarily political in nature?
It's possible we now know why she took the 5th.
Would you describe these groups as primarily political in nature?
so advocating for the Presidents policies isn't political, but protesting against them is?Certainly not, they were engaged in 'social welfare'...
so advocating for the presidents policies isn't political, but protesting against them is?
You are an insufferable ideologue, and your letting your bias cloud you common sense and logic to the point your making yourself look like a fool
pardon me...? Perhaps you should check the thread for the post I replied to...before you let your ideology cloud YOUR intelligence...
i was assuming you was replying to me because I also asked the same question and made a list of liberal groups that were definitely political in nature and i apologize
Aren't they all, but geeee the only ones the IRS targeted we're conservative groups. Is that a new relation that has just come to you
IRS higher-ups requested info on conservative groups, letters show - Open Channel
drip drip drip
And up the ladder it goes
Remember it took a year into the Watergate scandal before Nixon was forced out of office
I want this to be long, slow, and painful for this administration
hmmm, profiling people who are likely using tax free status improperly. I would not know any republicans who would do that to say muslims, blacks, latinos, atheists, jews, women.......Hey Mr pot, the kettle called and said you are black.
There is a difference between would and did. They did profile against republicans. In this case, the republicans have not profiled for any of your given reasons. Anything to get away from what really happened here.
yes, and it is a known fact they stop and frisk black people more than whites. Joe arpio has just been found guilty of profiling hispanics and pulling them over more due to his prejudice. They have tried to put policies in place at homeland security to promote a more equal secuity check on all people because of profiling on muslims. Yes, these issues are mainly due to the racism and fears promoted by republican/right wing people. I have to say in some cases profiling makes a lot of sense. If you are looking for muslim terrorists who have threatened to blow up things you would probably want to focus on muslims. If you are looking for illegal hispanics you would probably want to check hispanic people. if you are looking for people trying to use tax free corporation status improperly you will probably want to focus on a group that hates taxes with a passion, especially when you have a huge increase in their applications.
I am not saying some of this stuff is wrong from a logical law enforcement standpoint, but it certainly does suck when it comes down on your group. I can see why the IRS did it, and i can see why it causes people to be worried. I can also see it is part of their job to make sure people are not evading taxes, and that is extra money we have to pay. I also note that the application was never a necessity, nor did it actually stop the operation of these groups.
But this is a Federal level situation. It is also the most prying federal arm of the government.
Joe is one guy on the border. The IRS is everywhere. Joe is a local. IRS is federal. Huge difference.
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IRS higher-ups requested info on conservative groups, letters show - Open Channel
drip drip drip
And up the ladder it goes
Remember it took a year into the Watergate scandal before Nixon was forced out of office
I want this to be long, slow, and painful for this administration
This is of course is the way organizations should work, decisions coming from the top. If it was determined that a group was inappropriately requesting a non profit status, you would expect additional scrunity of that group, wouldn't you? What if that group was liberal instead of conservative? You would be all for it. It was about a year or two ago conservatives wanted the IRS scrutinize Media Matters for America which is a 501c3. I of course don't know exactly why the targeting occurred, but what I said certainly makes logical sense.
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