IRS must say if White House sought taxpayers’ information: Judge

The Washington Times ^ | August 28, 2015 | Stephan Dinan

[jazusamo]

A federal judge Friday ordered the IRS to turn over the records of any requests from the White House seeking taxpayers’ private information from the tax agency, delivering a victory to a group that for two years has been trying to pry the data loose.

It’s not clear that there were any such requests — but Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the IRS cannot just refuse to say so by citing taxpayer confidentiality laws, known as section 6103 of the tax code.

“This court questions whether section 6103 should or would shield records that indicate confidential taxpayer information was misused, or that government officials made an improper attempt to access that information,” the judge wrote in denying the IRS’s request to close out the case.

The ruling marks yet another federal judge who has ordered the Obama administration to be more transparent when responding to open-records records. The State Department is facing a barrage of orders from federal judges demanding more cooperation in releasing former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails.

[Darksheare]

They will lie.

[KarlInOhio]

It would violate the privacy of taxpayers to admit that we violated their privacy, so we won’t do it. < / is it satire or official government policy?>

[jazusamo]

Yep...I love what the judge said abouti, the agency couldn’t use the privacy protection “to shield the very misconduct it was enacted to prohibit.”

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“responding to open-records records.”

From the Department of Redundancy Department!

[I want the USA back]

The current occupant will do as he pleases.

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

One would think at some point, with the administration’s continued avoidance of transparency, that one of those Federal judges would appoint a Federal Magistrate to go investigate it and see for themselves instead of relying on the very agency to be truthful.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Yeah.. I thought they had already confirmed 2600 files went to the WH...Whatever happened to that???

[Buckeye McFrog]

They were all sent to Valerie Jarrett at her Hotmail account.

[jazusamo]

I wouldn’t doubt it.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Yeah, cut the issue into small pieces and attack 1/3rd of them, leaving the other 2/3rds unaddressed and we’ll get to the bottom of this sometime in the 2030’s.

[jazusamo]

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[txhurl]

Katherine Englebrecht is proof they did (True The Vote, Houston): 4 different agencies attacked her. But if the IRS wants to further perjur itself, great.

[DannyTN]

They will lie.

1. There are no records.
2. There were records but they were deleted.
3. There was no backup.
4. There was a backup but it was deleted.
5. We found the records on a coffee table.
6. Here they are heavily redacted.
7. Here they are slightly less redacted.
8. How the **** did you get a copy?

[TigersEye]

Executive Privilege!

Holder is still holding out on F&F documents using that ruse.

[Darksheare]

The drives crashed.
That was an excuse too.

[tacticalogic]

“This court questions whether section 6103 should or would shield records that indicate confidential taxpayer information was misused, or that government officials made an improper attempt to access that information,”

Isn't that the excuse they gave for refusing to say who it was that leaked Michelle Bachman's tax information?

[GOPJ]

Yes, they will lie.

[DannyTN]

“Wiped it? You mean like with a cloth?”

[PoloSec]

It may be this Judge did so based on evidence, the IRS would be wise not to try and hide anything.