Posted on 05/29/2015 6:50:38 PM PDT by blueyon
"Complaint: Tea-Party-targeting DOJ attorneys now work for White House, no taxpayer safeguards in place"
Tax Division attorneys from the Department of Justice, some of whom worked directly on the IRS' illegal targeting of Tea Party groups, are now giving legal advice to the White House with no safeguards to prevent the abuse of private taxpayer information, says a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of D.C. by a watchdog group.
Cause of Action, a nonprofit government accountability group, filed the complaint against the DOJ and the IRS after both government agencies refused to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests filed in April asking how Americans' private tax information will be protected from abuse by government attorneys.
"Given the IRS' track record of failing to protect confidential tax information, this lack of agency oversight is a threat to our privacy and democracy," said Dan Epstein, president of Cause of Action, in a statement. "Ethical and legal protocols at these agencies should be held to the highest standards, especially when government attorneys are accessing confidential taxpayer return information while intermittently leaving to work in the White House."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Remember when Bus’s first attorney general John Ashcroft fired a bunch of lawyers from the justice department and the liberals lost their minds?????
He was absolutely within his right to do so- those attorneys serve at his discretion, and all we hear for MONTHS is how he fired them and it was so bad and e should resign.
They are there to protect McCain, too, who help
initiate the TEA PARTY attack.
No federal penalties, then ..... just a couple o’civilians in the wrong neighborhood, eh ?
There are no “highest standards” in Obama’s regime, esp. at DOJ and EPA. In fact, there are no “standards”, just political orders and German-like obedience.
The Fourth Reich is located at 1600 Pa. Ave, NW DC and its little Gestapo/Good Germans are populating the upper ranks of too much of our government. Decent govt employees are afraid to say anything for fear of retaliation, harassment, and even trumped up charges for an arrest.
I’m sure boehner/mcconnell will intervene and appoint a special prosecutor or hold hearings. ASAP/s
The lawlessness of this administration begins in the 0val 0ffice and flows down.
0bama is not running a government he’s running a crime syndicate.
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