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IRS chief counsel met with Obama two days before issuing new BOLO (Hot Air Blog)
Hot Air ^ | posted at 12:41 pm on July 22, 2013 by Ed Morrissey | by Ed Morrissey

Posted on 07/22/2013 10:04:22 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

What was the IRS chief counsel doing in a meeting with the President of the United States?  According to the Daily Caller and Dick Morris and verified by downloadable visitor logs, William Wilkins came to the White House on April 23, 2012 at 3:54 in the afternoon and departed shortly after 11 pm that evening.  Assuming that Jay Carney doesn’t personally know three William Wilkins who would get seven hours of face time with Barack Obama, it appears that the man who at least knew of the targeting of Tea Party and other groups had an opportunity to brief the President — and take action afterward:

The Obama appointee implicated in congressional testimony in the IRS targeting scandal met with President Obama in the White House two days before offering his colleagues a new set of advice on how to scrutinize tea party and conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

IRS chief counsel William Wilkins, who was named in House Oversight testimony by retiring IRS agent Carter Hull as one of his supervisors in the improper targeting of conservative groups, met with Obama in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on April 23, 2012. Wilkins’ boss, then-IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman, met with Obama on April 24, 2012, according to White House visitor logs.

On April 25, 2012, Wilkins sent Hull and fellow Washington-based IRS official Lois Lerner “additional comments on the draft guidance” for approving or denying tea party tax-exempt applications, according to the IRS’ inspector general’s report.

Obama had quite a full schedule on that afternoon and evening.  Several names, including that of Wilkins, appear on the visitor log at roughly the same time with “POTUS” as the visitee. They include officials in HUD, a financial officer from the Air Force, the VA, and the USDA.  Most of those left earlier than Wilkins did, according to their exit info (some of which is missing), suggesting a series of meetings rather than one single conference.

A couple of them stayed late, though. Denise O’Donnell, who works at the Department of Justice, appears to have left the White House only 22 minutes before Wilkins.  The combination is interesting, although not necessarily meaningful.  A better question might be why Wilkins was meeting with Obama at all.  Any communication on IRS matters should route through the executive rather than the office of chief counsel, one would presume.  A chief counsel’s job would have been to brief Douglas Schulman, at that time preparing to hit escape velocity, or the chief counsel for Treasury.

Unless, again, there’s another William Wilkins who can get up to seven hours of face time with the President.  The IRS chief counsel seems to fit the bill most closely, though.

Two days after this meeting, and a day after Schulman dropped by the White House on one of his regular visits, the BOLOs got changed, but not dropped.  Does that prove a connection?  Not on its own, but it gives investigators very good reason to demand testimony from both Wilkins and Lois Lerner, who acted as the point person on this project, according to Carter Hull.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: irs; irsscandal; obamairsscandal; obamascandals; teaparty; whvisits; williamwilkins

1 posted on 07/22/2013 10:04:22 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

BOLO dog food?


2 posted on 07/22/2013 10:06:53 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Democrats will give you the shirt off somebody elses back for a vote.)
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To: Marine_Uncle; SoFloFreeper
Damn close to the White House Now.

Some very interesting threads show up with the search.

Including:

CHIEF IRS COUNSEL GOT JEREMIAH WRIGHT'S CHURCH OUT OF IRS PROBE BEFORE JOINING AGENCY ^

 
05/20/2013 7:54:44 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 19 replies
Breitbart.com ^ | 5/20/13 | Matthew Boyle
News reports from the time indicate the now-chief counsel of the IRS, William Wilkins, helped a church connected to President Barack Obama’s friend Rev. Jeremiah Wright get out of an IRS probe in 2008 while working as a private attorney. “Lawyers from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have won the dismissal of an IRS case against United Church of Christ, Sen. Barack Obama's denomination,” The American Lawyer’s Zach Lowe wrote on May 22, 2008.

3 posted on 07/22/2013 10:09:07 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: BipolarBob

Guess that is internal IRS for “Be On The Look Out For...”


4 posted on 07/22/2013 10:10:51 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: All
IRS chief counsel William Wilkins is one of only two Obama political appointees in the IRS. BUT Obama is directly connected since Obama had his very own Chi/mobster at Treasury (controlling the IRS)

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CONNECTING THE DOTS: Obama's stranglegold on Treasury via COS Rahm Emanuel's dual role

THE TARGETING PAPER TRAIL BEGINS: Soon as they occupied the WH, Obama and the Chicago con artists (a) took control of the US Census; (b) Obama placed his COS Rahm Emanuel in control of the US Dept of the Treasury (the IRS). Read on.

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THE SMOKING GUN---WSJ REPORT--On Jan 20, 2009 Timothy Geithner was appointed Obama's Secy of the Treasury. But within three weeks, the Obama White House tightened its grip on Treasury. Obama put his COS, Rahm Emanuel, in charge of Treasury---Rahm Emanuel's dual role was an unusual move.

When he got to Treasury, WH COS Rahm Emanuel was so involved in the inner workings of the Treasury that the phrase "Rahm wants it" had become an unofficial mantra among subservient govt staffers, prostrate in obeisance, scurrying to accede to Rahm's wishes, according to Treasury government officials. Reported by WSJ / 05/31/09

More here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113406528875137.html

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Contact Congress Toll Free 1-(866) 220-0044 : All of the Treasury factotums doing Rahm's bidding need to be identified and brought before Congress to testify under oath. We need to know the specifics WRT Emanuel's activities at Treasury including dates and times when Emanuel consorted w/ the IRS.

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MOMENTS TO REMEMBER Obama was fond of saying "Tea Parties are a threat to democracy."

Obama told hispanics, " we will reward our friends and punish our enemies."

Valerie Jarrett ominously warned, they "would not forget" which Americans did not worship Obama.

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Contact Congress Toll Free 1-(866) 220-0044---Taxpayers demand Congress call govt employees at Treasury (IRS), who were underlings of Obama COS Rahm Emanuel...to testify under oath, including the number of times Emanuel consorted with the IRS. The WJS reported Emanuel's unusual arrangement----his dual role as WH COS and Treasury head.

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5 posted on 07/22/2013 10:16:30 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Just a casual visit, y’all. He was only there for SEVEN hours!!!


6 posted on 07/22/2013 10:18:56 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: MrChips

Let’s here the tapes! You know they exist.


7 posted on 07/22/2013 10:20:40 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: MrChips
Just a casual visit, y’all. He was only there for SEVEN hours!!!

Maybe it was just about sex and drugs.

8 posted on 07/22/2013 10:26:50 AM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Standing Wolf

Beer Summit?


9 posted on 07/22/2013 10:38:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The writing is on the wall folks. What they are doing to us today is nothing compared to when they mix Obamacare pricing and death panel decisions into the mix. Within a generation they will have starved out and/or killed off conservatives altogether.


10 posted on 07/22/2013 11:23:24 AM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

And the tip of the ice burg has barely been explored.


11 posted on 07/22/2013 12:06:47 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

WHO is the OTHER IRS appointee???? He couldn’t be clean, now could he??


12 posted on 07/22/2013 3:29:41 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Standing Wolf

Well, not unless it was an orgy. There were other people there.


13 posted on 07/23/2013 7:47:11 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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