Posted on 03/08/2017 7:56:17 PM PST by drewh
The IRS has told a federal court that they've recently identified almost 7,000 more documents that could contain information on how the agency targeted the tax-exempt applications of Tea Party organizations or other conservative political groups starting back in 2010, according to a court document.
But IRS in the document would not commit to a timeline for releasing the documents.
The revelation of thousands of unreleased documents was made in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that specializes in filing, and in many instances litigating, FOIA requests.
For Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, the admission from the IRS represents a significant breakthrough. "Our attorneys knew that there were more records to be searched but the Obama IRS ignored this issue for years," Fitton said in a press release.
The IRS has never admitted that any high-level employees of the agency knew the targeting was taking place. But Lois Lerner, the IRS employee at the center of the scandal, did apologize for the actions, in response to what was later revealed to be a planted question during a question and answer session at a conference.
As part of the targeting, organizations with the words "tea party" or "patriots" in the name of the applications were singled out for tougher, more lengthy questioning about their activities. As a result, many of those groups were delayed by many months in receiving their tax-exempt designation from the IRS, slowing the organizations' ability to engage in political activity.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Who runs the IRS and the executive branch now... something seems to have changed...
DRAIN THE SWAMP!!
So. Democrats are immune from prosecution in America.
Hopefully we’ll be seeing more Obamanids taking the Fifth Amendment. No scandals in dat Obama regime, no sir!
Bkmrk.
Or maybe not. Mustn't get our hopes up.
Bah.
Well the IRS is an Agency within the Department of Treasury which was as established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue. The Department is administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is a member of the Cabinet.
The Executive Branch is of course run by the President.
Still need help with what changed, or were you really just being sarcastic? 8>)
Drain IRS Swamp
Release them! Let’s see how Obama persecuted Patriots!
I wodner if wiki leaks has the info?
Winning!!
Lois Lerner is still laughing while enjoying her $102,600 per year government pension paid for by you.
An Obama holdover is still running the IRS.
until and unless criminals like Lois Lerner are arrested, tried and put in prison, I have ZERO confidence in the U.S. Federal Gub mint.
Or its alphabet agencies, hell with em.
....sarcastic? Yes ,, an order from on high to actually cooperate with FOIA requests and to revisit prior demands AND COMPLY might have something to do with it ... and scare the hell out of the perps.
Steve Mnuchin was sworn in as Treasury Secretary a week or 2 ago. Maybe he issued a directive to promptly comply with FOIA requests?
That is a possibility for sure.
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