IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/report-irs-deliberately-chose-not-fess-scandal-election_724711.html Well that kind of explains the results of the last election huh?

[Dori]

The hearing on the IRS I think ended for the day, but it's not over.  A lot more to find out.

There were only two witnesses, the investigator that realeased the report last week, and Miller, the acting IRS commissar,  who was in charge of the unit under investigation.  He was very unprepared, evasive and didn't answer a lot questions satisfactorily or answered that he didn't know.  In other words, a lot of stone walling going on.  

[Chris_]

Did Obama’s IRS also harass pro-life groups?

Chicago’s Thomas More Society reported first dealing with IRS concerns from pro-life groups as early as 2009.

When the Coalition for Life of Iowa sought tax exemption status in 2009, the IRS sought details about the content of members’ prayers at a Planned Parenthood facility.  They also demanded that the group refrain both from activities that could be construed as protesting or picketing by police, and to cease activities that could be seen as confrontational or harassing by abortion-seeking clients.

Thomas More Society said the IRS insisted that “every member of the board of directors of the Coalition sign a statement, under penalty of perjury, that they will not picket or protest or organize others to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood.”

Soon after the unprecedented demands were made, the Chicago-based public interest law firm made the legal challenge on behalf of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based group. Shortly thereafter, the IRS backed off and the group was granted 501(c)3 status.

Illinois Review

[delilahmused]

I hope they put that bitch who's now in charge of running the IRS 0bamacare division!

Cindie

[Eupher]

When was this testimony taken? Or more precisely, when is Miller's resignation as acting commissioner of IRS effective?

At this point, Miller has nothing to lose by stonewalling and otherwise making Ryan's job difficult. Yet he does attempt to do so. Why do these bureaucrat ****sticks -- from EITHER side of the ****ing aisle -- refuse to answer questions without deflection, obfuscation, and flat-out lies when they can get away with it?

"I answered the question truthfully," Miller said.

**** you, Miller. You wouldn't recognize the truth if it crawled up your ass and died. 

[Splashdown]

Some of the IRS's questions:

"Please detail the content of your prayers."

Are you freaking kidding me?????


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[Dori]

When was this testimony taken? Or more precisely, when is Miller's resignation as acting commissioner of IRS effective?

At this point, Miller has nothing to lose by stonewalling and otherwise making Ryan's job difficult. Yet he does attempt to do so. Why do these bureaucrat ****sticks -- from EITHER side of the ****ing aisle -- refuse to answer questions without deflection, obfuscation, and flat-out lies when they can get away with it?

"I answered the question truthfully," Miller said.

**** you, Miller. You wouldn't recognize the truth if it crawled up your ass and died. 

This morning on FOX, Huckabee said re; Miller was; "the only thing worse than his incompetence, was his arrogant, beligerant contempt of the American people and the constitutional rights that all of us have"   he also said his performance was "repulsive" and "the next time we see Steven Miller ought to be a perp walk".

[CG6468]

IRS Says Release Of Groups’ Materials To ProPublica Was ‘Inadvertent And Unintentional'

ERIC LACH 6:27 PM EDT, FRIDAY MAY 17, 2013

The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued a statement to ProPublica saying that the agency's release of pending confidential tax-exempt applications from conservative groups last year had been found to be "inadvertent and unintentional disclosures by the employees involved.”

In the statement, the IRS said the cases had been referred to and reviewed by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Uh-huh. Right...

[Mr Mannn]

I doubt we will see any prosecutions of the IRS by this administration. Bullying works for them and will continue.

and only a fool will think this won't happen in Obamacare. "Need a life saving operation? Lets see, you're a registered Republican...Nope. Not for you."

[Happy Fun Ball]

Uh oh...

Obama Met With IRS Union Chief the Day Before Agency Started Targeting Conservatives

[thundley4]

Uh oh...

Obama Met With IRS Union Chief the Day Before Agency Started Targeting Conservatives

Pure coincidence, nothing to see here, move along.

[Chris_]

Pure coincidence, nothing to see here, move along.

Just like all those White House visits by Bill Ayers and all the other characters they didn't want us to see.

[CG6468]

Just to whom or what entity did all of the stolen information go?

[Dori]

Just to whom or what entity did all of the stolen information go?

Not sure what you mean by stolen?  There is a report about Romney donor names being given to a liberal political org. who published their names, which was against the law.

 
 

[docstew]

Not sure what you mean by stolen?  There is a report about Romney donor names being given to a liberal political org. who published their names, which was against the law.

 
 

Correction. IS against the law, nothing past tense about it. In an actual republic under the rule of law, a special prosecutor would be appointed to look into these things, but apparently we are now a dictatorship where one man can tell us he knew nothing about anything, but that it was legal, and irrelevant.

[CG6468]

Not sure what you mean by stolen?  There is a report about Romney donor names being given to a liberal political org. who published their names, which was against the law.

The illegally gathered documents, such as all of those IRS and other records.


 
 

[Dori]

I'm listening to the congressional hearing on FOX Nation (internet) re; the IRS scandal.

It's been pretty interesting and informative

The House of Ways and Means committee is interviewing 6 different conservative groups inc; Tea Party, pro-traditional marriage and pro-life orgs. targeted by the IRS.

 
Lot's of issues coming to light.  The pro traditional marriage guy is a lawyer and has taken on a couple of liberal democrat congressmen to their embarrassment.   

[J P Sousa]

 
SHAME: Dem Congressman Blames Conservatives for Bringing IRS Scrutiny Onto Themselves

  Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA.) drew the ire of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) when he argued that the targeting by the IRS was not based on politics, but was an effort to make sure that a status meant for charities was not being abused by political organizations. 

http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/06/04/shame-dem-congressman-blames-conservatives-bringing-irs-scrutiny-themselves

Democrats.........Jack booted thugs.
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