There was a trial, he was found guilty. If you want to contribute to an appeal, go for it!
Kissing up to the IRS?
To relate an interesting story...
I have been a thorn in the side of ark communist legislators (of BOTH parties) for the past couple of years. A 'republican' representative from Maumelle, Ark sent an email to the hardest communist in El Dorado, Ark in reference to a mass e-mailing I made about their, in effect, legalizing terrorist organizations in arkansas...
http://www.gohotsprings.com/focus/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=316 (see (5) )
anyway - this 'republican' mistakenly hit "reply to all" so I received a copy of the email that asked "What can we do about this person?"
About 2 months later, I fould out WHAT they could do when I received a letter from the IRS stating they had changed their mind about a ruling they made (at my request) concerning disability insurance payments that I had I reimbursed the insurance company after I spent a year in the hospital. (4 years ago!)
They decided that it didn't matter about the reimbursement since I had 'possession' of the money, therefore the use of it, therefore I have to pay tax, interest and penalty.
For good measure --- all my tax credits were also declared invalid because the return was declared in error, so they added extra there also.
Nice thing to have happen to you when you are 100% disabled and trying to live off disability payments.
It will take over 20% of what's left of my IRA account to pay off these crooks.
And you REALLY believe that the outcome wasn't determined before the trial ever began? Here is a clue: THE JUDGE WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT!