Posted on 05/14/2013 11:18:06 AM PDT by drewh
Cleta Mitchell, one of Washington's most respected elections attorneys, told Newsmax she has tangible proof that high-ranking IRS officials in Washington were fully aware of the agency's campaign to target conservative groups for heightened scrutiny, despite their denials.
And she thinks the president knew about the practice too. If proven, she said, it could be an impeachable offense.
Mitchell, in an interview with Newsmax TV on Tuesday, said she was told by a Cincinnati IRS agent that applications by two of her conservative clients were being processed by — and would ultimately be approved or denied — in Washington.
She said she also is aware of nearly 100 other conservative groups that were being targeted by Washington.
"There were nearly 100 groups across the country that got the very egregious set of letters from the IRS that were almost identical and they came from offices all over the country so I know of at least 85 to 90, maybe more, organizations," said Mitchell, who represents six groups which say they have been targeted, including the King Street Patriots and True the Vote.
"If they had the name "tea party" or they had the word "patriots" or if their mission was smaller government or study the Constitution, believe it or not, that would cause the IRS to say, 'Oh we better investigate these groups.'"
In the case of one such client, she and her family subsequently became targets for audits to their personal and business tax returns, and were even visited by three different government agencies. She also knows of other groups who had surprise visits from the FBI after they applied for IRS status.
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Good question! I bet you are onto something there.
It is unfortunate that Tea Party types not only have to fight the liberal/socialist/statist/entrenched Democrat/Bureaucrat wing but TOO often the RINO wing it seems. Patriots are a threat to status-quo power structure.
Darn Newbies
The claim that the White House didn’t have anything to do with it sounds as phony as Susan Rice sounded when she came out claiming that a video had set off the Benghazi slaughters and systematic, well-armed mayhem.
Very good.
You should send that to Issa!
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