Posted on 05/15/2013 8:21:04 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -
FOX19 has exclusively learned that as many as four people may be the first Cincinnati Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees to face disciplinary action, and possibly even criminal charges, for allegedly targeting Tea Party and Liberty groups applying for non-profit status.
On Wednesday, the IRS announced that it has pin-pointed two employees at the agency's Cincinnati office for being 'primarily' responsible.
In addition, acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller resigned his position, revealed by President Obama on Wednesday.
"Secretary Lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS, because given the controversy surrounding this audit, it's important to institute new leadership that can help restore confidence going forward," said President Obama in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Prior to his resignation, Steven Miller called the two Cincinnati employees 'rogue' and 'off the reservation', adding that they were 'overly aggressive' in handling the requests from those conservative groups over the past two years.
Miller also added that those two employees have already been 'disciplined' by the agency.
However, despite the claim of just two employees being involved, FOX19 has exclusively learned from two separate sources that there could be at least four Cincinnati employees involved.
Those four employees -- whose names we have chosen to withhold until they have been officially confirmed -- Have each worked in the IRS Exempt Organizations Department.
This is the same department that has admitted publicly to sending letters to Tea Party and other conservative organizations.
FOX19 has also confirmed those four Cincinnati employees made large requests of information from:
The Richmond, Virginia Tea Party in January of 2012. The Ohio Liberty Council in January of 2012.. Dan Backer, a lawyer based in Washington D.C. who helped six small conservative groups apply for 501c4 status in February of 2012. The Liberty Township Tea Party in March of 2012.
One of FOX19's two sources went on say that these four IRS workers claim "they simply did what their bosses ordered". Keep in mind, as FOX19 reported on Tuesday, the report by the Office of Inspector General states that senior IRS officials knew agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011.
In fact, according to that report, Lois Lerner who heads the IRS division that oversees tax exempt organizations, was told on June 29, 2011 that groups with 'Tea Party', 'Patriot' or '9/12 Project' in their names were being flagged for additional, and often burdensome, scrutiny.
While the IRS is pointing at 'two rogue employees', the number of organizations that were singled out has swelled to nearly 500, according to Rep. Congressmen Darryl Issa and Ohio's Jim Jordan.
FOX News is also reporting that at least two Cincinnati agents have been subpoenaed to testify before congress on Monday.
Are you kidding? What “both sides?” Nixon and every Democrat since? Since Nixon did it, it is OK? The American people don’t care about Benghazi, apparently.
It makes no sense to back down the attack on one front when they’re taking blows from all directions.
“FOX News is also reporting that at least two Cincinnati agents have been subpoenaed to testify before congress on Monday.”
Its all about money..no pun intended...who gets the money,perks etc to keep their mouth shut.
And think of who this favors.
They’ll circle the wagons around her, the libs, the press, Hollywood, Jon Stewart.
They need to focus hatred and then have an idol. BO is done making deals, big legislation, taking multi mil trips and being the cool one to whom these people can turn.
Who’ll take his place?
Not Rand Paul. Not Mark Levin, nor T. Cruz, though they should.
No, it’ll be H! She’s probably keeping Benghazi off the stage.
So far. Let’s see how the kindlin’, makes a cord.
While Obama and his henchmen keep reminding us that it is "too soon" to know what happened and who were (plural) responsible, Miller as he jumps the sinking ship, throws the dumb ignorant citizens Bullshit*.
"Disciplined" is meaningless ( and premature) without grasping completely the level of criminality involved.
The Keystone Kops administration bungles on...
"Look carefully at this 'IRS hand,' tiny ones... ignore the Benghazi hand; See? There is nothing there... Focus over here..."
Excellent!
Thanks so much, HollyB!
Perhaps, however we will see on Monday when the two testify before congress. They already said they were following orders. Now to find out ..from whom?
Cincinnati is not just a small local office. My husband told me it is one of the major IRS centers in the USA and one of the places where payments and returns from overseas corporations and individuals file their returns.
Oh there are layers and layers to examine; and above this division, there are additional layers...
That we do not already have a list of the jobs and corresponding names is a crime in itself.
These criminals wrote thousands of letters and emails. I am sure every recipient who lost thousands of $s and manhours responding to this officially sanctioned extortionate abuse of power under color of (made up) authority, would be happy to provide copies of ALL their correspondence, and signatures.
LET"S ROLL!
Stupidity is not prosecutable yet, but criminal conspiracy is!
2 guys in Cincy my foot. This was national policy they were following.
Those 2 guys are just the first under the bus.
Barry had to jump out in front of the parade and make it look like he’s in charge of this guy quitting - besides I’m sure they wanted him “unavailable” just like the survivors of Benghazi.
When zero gets done being POTUS he can go for an Academy Award for his faux outrage over the IRS pursuing activities in which he was the chief beneficiary. Interesting that this is coming unglued a short time after he told a bunch of rich lefties at a Bay area fundraiser that (unfortunately) he hadn’t killed the Republican party yet.
Opening up and leaking his adversary’s private information is a long standing trick in Axelrod’s and Obama’s bag of tricks - including Jack Ryan’s sealed private divorce papers and virtually everyone else he ran against.
And how can we forget dirty Harry Reid blabbing that he had information about Romney’s tax returns yet today he too feigns outrage - presumably at himself?
If these bastards spent a fraction of the time they spent on saving their worthless asses instead on the men needing help in Benghazi then maybe Sean Smith’s mother would have had her son for Mother’s Day.
I wonder how long until the media fall back in line. Maybe it will take longer than Obama would like since he will have to lay low with his IRS hammer for a while.
BS......cya time...blame the underlings..
On Wednesday, the IRS announced that it has pin-pointed two employees at the agency's Cincinnati office for being 'primarily' responsible.
On the surface, this appears to be good news.
What I am fearful of, however, is that a few low-level employees will be scapegoated, in order to protect those higher up the food chain who may have orchestrated this horrible misbehavior.
this was apparently happening all over the country from several different regional offices.
two low level guys? No way.
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