Newly released emails show the IRS and the Treasury Department were conspiring “off the record” to target conservative groups
According to this article it now appears as if Lois Lerner was conducting off the record talks via email to use the IRS to stifle conservative opposition to the Democrats in 2012.
The Obama administration’s Treasury Department and former IRS official Lois Lerner conspired to draft new 501(c)(4) regulations to restrict the activity of conservative groups in a way that would not be disclosed publicly, according to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
The Treasury Department and Lerner started devising the new rules “off-plan,” meaning that their plans would not be published on the public schedule. They planned the new rules in 2012, while the IRS targeting of conservative groups was in full swing, and not after the scandal broke in order to clarify regulations as the administration has suggested.
The rules place would place much more stringent controls on what would be considered political activity by the IRS, effectively limiting the standard practices of a wide array of non-profit groups.
“Don’t know who in your organizations is keeping tabs on c4s, but since we mentioned potentially addressing them (off -plan) in 2013, I’ve got my radar up and this seemed interesting…,” Treasury official Ruth Madrigal wrote in a June 14, 2012 email to Lerner and others obtained by Ways and Means and provided to The Daily Caller.
During an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Superbowl Sunday Barack Obama claimed there was not even a smidgen of corruption regarding the IRS targeting scandal. Bill O’Reilly failed to ask the obvious follow-up question: if there is not even a smidgen of corruption regarding the IRS why did Lois Lerner plead the fifth rather than testify in front of the Congress when she had the chance to clear her name?
Now we might just have the answer to that unasked question. It is a shame that Bill O’Reilly did not use the opportunity to ask this question while millions of Americans were watching.
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My TV must be broken ’cause Obamalama said there wasn’t a smidgen of corruption. What bonehead is spreading these lies?
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Yeah, there seems to be a disconnect between Obama and reality. Not that this is suprising…..
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Reblogged this on Brittius.com.
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome.
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Thank you!
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You are welcome and thanks for stopping by!
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Isn’t it time that Issa brought charges against Ms. “I didn’t do anything illegal” Lerner?
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I certainly think so.
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So much for the smidgen.
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It depends in what your definition of ‘smidgen’ is!
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:))
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Just how much IS a smidgen? Remember, Clinton never had sex with Lowinski either.
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It depends on your perspective I guess.
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The lies continue and they seem to get bolder every day. The spin machine is going full force.
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they are never held accountable and so that is why they grow bolder, they just keep pushing the envelope.
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No, Obama told O’Riley that people WOULD be held accountable. He didn’t say the would be fired, demoted, transferred, reprimanded, criticized, or asked to resign. But they would be held accountable.
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Yeah, a little slap on the wrist!
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I doubt if even a little slap. More like “try harder not to get caught”.
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