Posted on 06/04/2013 9:26:09 AM PDT by servo1969
The chairman of an anti-gay marriage group testified Tuesday that his organization has proof that the IRS leaked confidential donor details last year, calling for prosecution into what he described as a "felony."
"This just smells and I hope this committee gets to the bottom of it," John Eastman, chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, said at a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee.
Eastman testified Tuesday alongside several Tea Party activists who all claim they were targeted by the IRS. The Tea Party groups offered a first-hand account of how the IRS singled them out when they applied for tax-exempt status, asking them onerous questions and dragging out their application process.
But Eastman shed light on another potential controversy involving the IRS -- the unauthorized disclosure of tax document information. He recalled how information on their donors was leaked last year and published on the website of the Human Rights Campaign, which Eastman described as their "principal political opponent" on the marriage issue. The documents showed Mitt Romney's political committee as a donor.
Asked by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., if he had "proof" that the IRS leaked that material, Eastman said that he did.
Eastman explained that while some information was redacted in the posted version, his group's "forensic" specialists were able to strip layers from the document and found "the original document that was posted there had originated from within the IRS."
He said the version had "internal IRS stamps," which "only exist within the IRS."
Eastman added: "You can imagine our shock and disgust over this. ... We jealously guard our donors."
He later alleged the information was "deliberately" provided to their opponents.
"If that's inadvertent, the word no longer means anything," he said...
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me too.
No
Apparently, Coop would disagree.
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Thanks to Honest Ape and his cohorts who literally waged war on and murdered the sons of the Founders, we all are slaves to the political class and Federal apparatus in DC now.
Their apparatchik are now using all the power and technology at their disposal to harass, monitor, and intimidate all who would seek to derail the gravy train, the 4 trillion extorted by the IRS from the productive class every year, hell they’re probably even reading this post and adding it to my file.
We have crossed the line and are now in a post Constitutional era, the law is out the window.
THAT was interesting new information. Next question that needs to be answered: Did this happen to others?
me too! he was far from perfect...far! But compared with the current President, he was a Saint!
For those who may have missed it, one of the Congressman entered into the record a letter from a constituent who headed up a taxable organization that DID NOT file for any 503 status that the IRS (15 days after April 15th) that they were eligible for 503 status, therefore they MUST file under that status. The letter from the IRS demanding this was also entered into the record.
Flat Tax, Fair Tax, 9-9-9, ANY of them would be vastly preferable to what we have now (though I’m concerned that any national sales tax might be successfully challenged on constitutional grounds, and a constitutional amendment is a steep hill to climb).
Why didn’t Eastman provide his proof to the committee?
Just wondering.
Or maybe he slipped it to Paul Ryan or one of the others after the hearing?
I think the next question is who did this and who told them to do it.
We don’t need more cases - We need to run one all the way through to where the buck stops.
......and the DOJ is not prosecuting. ( ‘Course they’re pretty busy trying to infuse enough Aricept into Eric Holder’s bloodstream).
As Eastman stated, the DOJ told him it was "taxpayer confidential documentation" and thus illegal to disclose it to anyone ......---even though it's the tax document from Eastman's own organization!!!
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As Eastman stated, the DOJ told him it was "taxpayer confidential documentation" and thus illegal to disclose it to anyone ......---even though it's the tax document from Eastman's own organization!!!
...Also, some of the people whose names appear on the list have already been harrassed by gay-supporting brownshirts and aren't happy about it.
“As Eastman stated, the DOJ told him it was “taxpayer confidential documentation” and thus illegal to disclose it to anyone ......-—even though it’s the tax document from Eastman’s own organization!!! “
That is a bold face lie by the DOJ! It belongs to the taxpayer and they can give it to any damn person he wants!
What a crock! Either the people in DOJ are complete idiots or liars (or both)!
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