Posted on 08/07/2019 6:39:42 AM PDT by hapnHal
The Trump administration agreed Thursday (26 Oct 17) to pay $3.5 million to tea party groups snared by IRS targeting during the Obama administration, saying the intrusive scrutiny was illegal and cannot be allowed to happen again.
The government also reversed its tune on former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner. Instead of being a hero who tried to stop the targeting — as the Obama administration concluded in 2015 — the Justice Department and IRS now say she failed to stop her employees and hid the bad behavior from her bosses for two years.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced the settlements, offered an apology to more than 450 groups that were part of two lawsuits against the IRS.
As part of the agreements, the government admitted that the IRSforced tea party groups into illegal delays and unconscionable scrutiny, including questions about their political beliefs, plans to run for office and names of financial backers.
“There is no excuse for this conduct,” Mr. Sessions said in a statement announcing the settlements. “Hundreds of organizations were affected by these actions, and they deserve an apology from the IRS
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This is a news forum, not a history lesson. Suggest you look at the date on things you post.
This woman doesn't have a conscience. She feels no shame.
She is not bitter or hateful in her own mind. She sees herself as a hero to her own Leftist ideology.
I wouldn't put too much stock in this woman feeling regrets for what she did. She was following the Leftist playbook perfectly.
She's laughing all the way to the bank, living off of her taxpayer-paid pension, which is substantial I'm sure.
Living with "her bitter, hateful self"? Bwahahahahaha!
Is your name Stephen Dinan?
So just to be clear. Lois lerner and her partners in crime do this to the tea party groups and the American Taxpayers pay the fine. This is wrong
I just meant that people who are that hateful and cynical are seldom happy - even when ‘laughing all the way to the bank”.
They surely aren't happy people that's for sure.
The reason for the post is simple.
Someone needs to target the Antifa terrorist protest movement. These people need to be shut down now.
Don’t think what happened to the Tea Party movement will happen to the Antifa terrorists. Any suggestions?
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