Posted on 05/26/2013 10:24:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Though the White House has insisted the IRS stopped formally targeting Tea Party and conservative organizations in May of 2012, two attorneys representing conservative organizations have claimed the IRS's targeting may still be ongoing.
Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) and Cleta Mitchell, the attorney representing True the Vote, have evidence their clients are still being targeted.
According to National Review, Sekulow "plans to file suit in federal court in the coming weeks on behalf of more than two dozen conservative groups that claim their harassment at the hands of the nations tax authority continued long past the White Houses purported end date."
At least ten organizations the ACLJ is representing still have not received their determination letters. National Review notes the Albuquerque Tea Party applied for 501(c)(4) status in December of 2009 while Linchpins of Liberty applied in January 2011. Both organizations still have not received their letters.
Sekulow told the publication that "to suggest this tactic ended a year ago is not only offensive, but it is simply inaccurate as well. He said the White House's timeline of events "simply does not square with the facts."
True the Vote, the nonprofit that trains workers to find and report voting fraud, is waiting for approval as a tax-exempt organization three years after initially filing its application with the IRS....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
... and in other news, drunks are still drinking, car thieves are still stealing cars, wife beaters are still beating their wives.
Put them in jail. These people don’t stop their bad behavior just because someone noticed and pointed it out. Not when they are still loose and getting away with it.
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