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AP Exclusive: Watchdog report says senior IRS officials knew tea party groups targeted in 2011
Associated Press ^
| 05/11/2013 (Updated: Saturday, May 11, 3:38 PM)
| AP/Washington Post
Posted on 05/11/2013 12:46:59 PM PDT by Rusty0604
Edited on 05/11/2013 4:01:49 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector generals report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.
The IRS apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was inappropriate targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. The agency blamed low-level employees, saying no high-level officials were aware.
But on June 29, 2011, Lois G. Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt organizations, learned at a meeting that groups were being targeted, according to the watchdogs report. At the meeting, she was told that groups with Tea Party, Patriot or 9/12 Project in their names were being flagged for additional and often burdensome scrutiny, the report says.
The 9-12 Project is a group started by conservative TV personality Glenn Beck.
Lerner instructed agents to change the criteria for flagging groups immediately, the report says.
The Treasury Departments inspector general for tax administration is expected to release the results of a nearly yearlong investigation in the coming week. The AP obtained part of the draft report, which has been shared with congressional aides.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0pansification; irs; irsteaparty; loislerner; maybealittleblow; thesailorscreed
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To: Rusty0604
IRS spokesman: It wasnt politically motivated, just a mistake.
Lisa Myers, MSNBC, on Gregory Hicks: I got some calls from Democrats saying he wasnt demoted.
...well, thats a relief.
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:34:00 PM PDT
by
Fitzy_888
("ownership society")
To: EQAndyBuzz
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:36:01 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
To: advertising guy
Would you clarify or expand on Congress being the IRS contact?
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:37:31 PM PDT
by
mazda77
To: mazda77
no names were given but Mark’s web page has more
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:39:18 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
To: mazda77
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:40:23 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
To: Rusty0604
Sad to see so many willing to vote for a gang of SouthSide thieves , cutthroats and scoundrels masquerading as politicos.
To: NormsRevenge
his popularity is droppin like a bear leavin an Obama in the woods
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:42:28 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
To: Rusty0604
My sister and I decided that whatever penalty the administration (low level) will pay, it will all be worthwhile because they got what they wanted. The names and addresses of all donors and the names and addresses of volunteers and staff and close family members was their end game.
Kind of spooky.
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:46:12 PM PDT
by
goosie
To: advertising guy
If this gets any worse, they might have to shut down the entire IRS. Then nobody would get any health care.
To: heye2monn
To: heye2monn
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:49:28 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
To: heye2monn
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:50:14 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
To: nascarnation
People will still vote for a populist willing to give away other people's wealth. But, that demigod known as Obama is starting to deflate into the bumbling tool we knew he was from the beginning.
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:53:56 PM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(We have a rogue government in Washington)
To: FlingWingFlyer
These are beyond scandals...
This sh*t is Nazi style mobster tactics.
These totalitarian sons of bitches running this government have clearly been using the IRS as a damn weapon to target Americans.
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posted on
05/11/2013 1:59:07 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: FlingWingFlyer
This is the type of tactics the SS and Nazi’s used against it’s enemies...The courts are doing the same thing, where even if your innocent, it can cost you your home, cars, savings etc just to defend yourself in court. These kinds of tactics are punishment and can last for years...People have committed suicide over this cheet.
The govenrment does it all the time since they use our tax dollars, they’re able to prosecute people right into bankruptcy, ruining them.
And this isn’t the first time political criminals and government ruling class have used the IRS as their private hired guns...
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posted on
05/11/2013 2:09:15 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: allendale
You know what is really scary....Obama and the left in this country are more loyal comrades and adherents to Marx and Lenin than KGB Vlad Putin and his country are now.
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posted on
05/11/2013 2:10:08 PM PDT
by
penelopesire
(TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
To: Rusty0604
The AP is handing in their ‘we’re biased and proud of it’ card?
The AP’s reporting fairly? Even checking out things that might make dems look bad? Strange.
Something’s up... the Washington Post did something like this too...
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posted on
05/11/2013 2:13:52 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
( A gang rape by Eight isn't 'immigration reform'... Send the millions of illegals home.)
To: GOPJ
“Somethings up... the Washington Post did something like this too...”
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Scary isn’t it? The times they are a changein’. (I hope)
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posted on
05/11/2013 2:16:41 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Rusty0604
And they target us at the same time they put Evangelicals, Baptists, Orthadox Jews, Catholics, the Tea Party, and other patriotic organizations on widely distributed lists of potential terrorist organizations...
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posted on
05/11/2013 2:17:24 PM PDT
by
patriotfury
(May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tent!)
To: Rusty0604
It would seem this would be an excellent time to push for the end of the IRS, push for a flat tax or some heavily reformed tax code.
Where the hell are Boehner and McConnell and the rest of the Pubbies??????
Oh, forgot, they're not on our side with this also.
If they were on our side, what would be a better opportunity to strike?
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posted on
05/11/2013 2:23:57 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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