Posted on 07/18/2013 9:00:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
IRS Chief Counsel William Wilkins, one of two Obama political appointees at the agency and whose office reviewed certain Tea Party tax-exemption applications starting in early 2010, is a lawyer who defended Obama’s denomination, the United Church of Christ (UCC), when the IRS questioned its tax-exempt status following a speech by then-Senator Barack Obama in 2007.
“We were so interested in the case, we offered to do it pro bono,” said Wilkins. …
At the time of the IRS investigation, William J. Wilkins was working as a lobbyist for the WilmerHale legal firm, which eventually took up the cause of defending the UCC pro bono and ensuring the church retained its tax-exempt status.
“Had the IRS pursued the matter, it would have raised serious questions about the First Amendment’s application to church activities,” Wilkins said. …
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Obama did not attend a church. He went to Ruvrund Wrong’s temple of hate.
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