Former IRS CID Special Agent Joseph Banister Acquitted of Tax Fraud And Conspiracy
Government Unable To Prove U.S. Law
Requires Income Tax Withholding or Filing
Sacramento California -- On Thursday June 23, a federal jury found former IRS Criminal Investigative Division (CID) Special Agent and CPA Joseph Banister not guilty of all counts alleging criminal tax fraud and conspiracy related to actions he took on behalf of a California business owner who had openly defied the IRS over several years by stopping withholding of all income and employment taxes from the paychecks of his workers.
During the trial the Department of Justice was unable to put forth any evidence that Banister had either engaged in a conspiracy or had acted unlawfully when he shared legal research with business owner Al Thompson concluding that he had no legal obligation to withhold taxes from his workers or when he (Banister) prepared corrected tax returns for Thompson claiming his taxable income was, under U.S. law, zero.
During the trial, Banister's former supervisor at IRS’s San Jose CID office, Robert Gorini (who testified via video recording) when pointedly asked, was unable to cite any U.S. law that required Banister to pay income taxes.
Banister, who was forced to resign in 1999 after questioning IRS officials about their legal authority, gave Thompson’s worker’s a presentation in 2000 which reviewed his detailed investigative research of U.S. tax law which concluded that not only did the IRS lack any authority to impose income taxes on the workers, but there was no legal requirement for the business to withhold any taxes from the worker's paychecks.
Banister is part of a nationwide effort seeking to force the U.S. Government to respond to a series of detailed legal Petitions for Redress of Grievances directly challenging the authority of the IRS. Last summer, the We The People Foundation initiated a landmark lawsuit with 2000 plaintiffs against the government because it has refused to answer the Petitions.
WooooooHooooooo!!!!!!!
Whew, I'd hate to be on that jury! I bet they get a visitation from IRS, EPA, DEA, FCC, FTC, INS, etc., etc. within the next 30 days.
Here it is folks - the opening WE NEEDED. Let's put this government back into its' cage now.
This will qualify as the most under-reported story in history.
Here we have PROOF that the IRS has no chartered reality in the US Government, yet things will go on as usual. How sickening.
Disgusting, lame, weak, sheep deserve what you get.
What an emotional roller coaster day. First we have the Supreme Dorks ruling against private proptery holders. Now we have this great news that a jury of Americans have finally taken the steps to reclaim our country!
On his website there is an interesting download. I've read through a bit of it. Quite interesting. I intend to investigate it further.
This guy must lead a charmed life.
Awesome news!
Let's not get too giddy about this. The guy he supposedly helped is still doing six years in prison based on Banister's principles.
Lord, have mercy!
My God reigns!
BUMP!