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IRS finally reveals list of tea party groups targeted for extra scrutiny
The Washington Times ^ | June 5, 2016 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:37 PM PDT by jazusamo

More than three years after it admitted to targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, the IRS has finally released a near-complete list of the organizations it snagged in a political dragnet.

The tax agency filed the list last month as part of a court case after a series of federal judges, fed up with what they said was the agency’s stonewalling, ordered it to get a move on. The case is a class-action lawsuit, so the list of names is critical to knowing the scope of those who would have a claim against the IRS.

But even as it answers some questions, the list raises others, including exactly when the targeting stopped, and how broadly the tax agency drew its net when it went after nonprofits for unusual scrutiny.

The government released names of 426 organizations. Another 40 were not released as part of the list because they had already opted out of being part of the class-action suit.

That total is much higher than the 298 groups the IRS‘ inspector general identified back in May 2013, when investigators first revealed the agency had been subjecting applications to long — potentially illegal — delays, and forcing them to answer intrusive questions about their activities. Tea party and conservative groups said they was the target of unusually heavy investigations and longer delays,

Edward D. Greim, the lawyer who’s pursuing the case on behalf of NorCal Tea Party Patriots and other members of the class, said the list also could have ballooned toward the end of the targeting as the IRS, once it knew it was being investigated, snagged more liberal groups in its operations to try to soften perceptions of political bias.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conservatives; corruption; irs; koskinen; loislerner; obama; teaparty
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The arrogant, smug, weasel Koskinen deserves impeachment.
1 posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:37 PM PDT by jazusamo
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2 posted on 06/05/2016 5:12:10 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
The government released names of 426 organizations. Another 40 were not released as part of the list because they had already opted out of being part of the class-action suit. That total is much higher than the 298 groups the IRS' inspector general identified back in May 2013...
The perps must hang.


3 posted on 06/05/2016 5:16:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: jazusamo
In a better world:

Maybe the Trump IRS..?

4 posted on 06/05/2016 5:17:13 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: jazusamo

Nothing will happen.
The entire Federal government is a giant Rico conspiracy.


5 posted on 06/05/2016 5:17:58 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: jazusamo

It is time to ABOLISH THE IRS!!!!


6 posted on 06/05/2016 5:20:06 PM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: gaijin

Bump!


7 posted on 06/05/2016 5:20:36 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

So when will the list be made available? Once available, it will be interesting to find out which individuals who contributed to a conservative organization were audited by the IRS.


8 posted on 06/05/2016 5:27:11 PM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: gaijin
That's really bad.

But there's something deeply satisfying about the thought of giving them the same treatment Pinochet gave to Allende's regime.

Probably because it would be richly deserved.

9 posted on 06/05/2016 5:27:37 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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To: Boomer One

I wish I knew and looked for it before posting but came up empty.


10 posted on 06/05/2016 5:30:30 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: gaijin

Are you referring to what happened to political dissidents in Argentina?

For the First Time, Argentine Army Admits ‘Dirty War’ Killings ...

www.nytimes.com/1995/04/26/world/for-the-first-time-a... Proxy Highlight

Apr 26, 1995 ... President Menem’s Government has been criticized for not doing ... He was the first member of the Argentine Army to speak out on alleged military killing methods. ... planes and helicopters “flew at very low altitude and the flights were ... At least 9,000 people, many of them dissidents unconnected with ...
Argentinian jailed for throwing prisoners from plane | World news ...

www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/20/argentina.giles... Proxy Highlight

Apr 19, 2005 ... An Argentinian former naval officer who threw prisoners, drugged and ... in the “ dirty war” against dissidents conducted by the Argentinian military regime in the 1970s. Captain Adolfo Scilingo killed 30 leftwing prisoners, who were ... been thrown alive into the sea on one of the many regular death flights, ...


11 posted on 06/05/2016 5:33:08 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

In Chile, the chopper rides went up high over land, and then the guests got out THERE.


12 posted on 06/05/2016 5:39:32 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: jazusamo

And no one in the IRS is in jail.


13 posted on 06/05/2016 5:43:33 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: jazusamo

Using the machinery of government to attack political opponents. Corruption of the worst kind.


14 posted on 06/05/2016 5:46:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: jazusamo

...as the IRS, once it knew it was being investigated, snagged more liberal groups in its operations to try to soften perceptions of political bias.


Sneaky SOBs.


15 posted on 06/05/2016 5:48:53 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: BenLurkin

Yes it is and if Hillary is elected it’ll continue big time, there’s no doubt about it.


16 posted on 06/05/2016 5:52:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo
The arrogant, smug, weasel Koskinen deserves impeachment.

The gutless GOPee is all talk, no action.

17 posted on 06/05/2016 6:06:40 PM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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To: jazusamo

Hopefully, when Trump gets in, there will be not only firings, but arrests.


18 posted on 06/05/2016 6:25:12 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: jazusamo

He deserves much worse than I.peachment. the theft of freedom by a public servant deserves death.

Drove by what was once Lawrence Marshall chrysler Gmc and was reminded of its unexpected sudden end along with many other Republican owned dealerships nation wide who bad their franchises ended in 2009. Anybody know or remember why? Who will pay for that crime? Nobody.


19 posted on 06/05/2016 6:25:49 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: jazusamo

Please check out what Hellary did to a good man Billy Dale of the Travelgate scandal. Check out the whole video but on 5:15 of the video he explains that the IRS investigated him. This pizzed me off what she did do this decent man.
FUHRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUS9OMy49YM


20 posted on 06/05/2016 6:27:15 PM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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