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IRS Investigation: Not So "Phony"
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| July 24, 2013
| Carol Platt Liebau
Posted on 07/25/2013 3:14:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
Today, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew gave an interview to Scott Pelley. In the clip below, he attempts to bat aside the IRS targeting scandal by asserting that there's "no evidence" any political employee was involved in the targeting.
It sounds good, of course -- but his "no evidence" formulation, designed to suggest the administration's innocence (i.e., that "no evidence" exists), means only that investigators have so far been prevented from uncovering all the facts
. When a key witness takes the Fifth; the President's hand-picked new IRS chief misleadingly "reports" that lefty groups were targeted, too; and Democrats seek to attack the Inspector General rather than get to the truth, then it's entirely foreseeable that evidence will take a while to emerge, but that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist.
In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Rep. Trey Gowdy notes that there are plenty of questions that still need to be addressed to the IRS Chief Counsel, William J. Wilkins, the President's man at the IRS:
Heres what I would want to ask Mr. Wilkins. Look, the 50% has not changed since we got our numeric code. Political activity, weve had, you know, when I was a kid, it was the Moral Majority and John Birch Society. So political activity isnt new, 50% isnt new. Why the different level of scrutiny for conservative groups starting in 2010? Well, the code hadnt changed. Why did the scrutiny change? And why did the scrutiny emanate out of the Chief Counsels office in D.C?
As Gowdy also pointed out, the story from the IRS has changed numerous times as new facts have emerged -- never a good sign. That's why, contrary to Jay Carney's claims, it's not a "phony scandal" -- real abuses occurred, and the American people still don't know how it happened.
Obviously, both Lew and Carney can try all they want to downplay the scandal as "phony" or lacking in evidence. But many questions remain -- and that they are still unanswered is evidence of the administration's strategy to slow walk the investigation, in hopes it will be downplayed and ignored by the press and people.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: benghazi; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; jeffreyzients
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To: Portcall24
Yes, add that to the list.
How about the fact that
Barry Soetoro has
NO legitimate Social Security Number ?
His father was NOT an immigrant to the United States.
Barack Obama Sr. was a "Transient Alien" because he did NOT intend on residing in the United States permanently.
Barack Obama Sr. was a dual citizen of Great Britain and Kenya, and NEVER a United States Citizen.
His mother could NOT impart U.S. citizen to her son, Barack Obama II, because she did NOT meet the legal requirements to do so,
at the time
her son was born IN the Coast Provincial General Hospital, MOMBASA, KENYA at 7:21 pm on August 4, 1961.
Democrats knew this and tried to eliminate the "Natural Born Citizen" requirement at least 8 times BEFORE Obama won his election in 2008.
Obama is NOT a United States Citizen, and is NOT a LEGAL IMMIGRANT.
He has no VISA allowing him into this country.
Barack Hussein Obama II IS ILLEGAL !
He should be IMPEACHED IMMEDIATELY, tried for TREASON, SENTENCED to death, and then have his body deported back to Kenya.
Here are some articles to assist in defining
"WHO" and
"WHAT" Obama
IS.
No.
CORRECTION: Barack Obama,
the first black Arab-American -Kenyan pResident of the United States.
Free Republic has covered this issue before.
"Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab."
Read
this:
"Warren G. Harding was the first President of the United States to have direct negro ancestry.
Thanks to Harding's glorious trailblazing in 1920, the current pretender to the same title, Barak Hussein Obama Jr., is eighty-eight years too late.
Genealogical evidence has revealed that the impostering "first black president" Barak Hussein Obama is6.5% Negro and 48% Arabic,
the remainder 45% Caucasian.
Why imposter?
Because Obama is simply not the nation's first Negro President, the simple fact is that he is not Negro.
Barak Hussein is several times more Arabic by genetic percentages."
Read
Why did Youtube pull this video about Barack Obama? and watch
BREAKING NEWS! - Is Barack Obama Really A Saudi / Muslim "Plant" in the White House?.
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:30:44 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Kaslin
Shulman should be indicted for perjury to Congress...get the ball rolling.
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:38:06 AM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
To: Buckeye McFrog
That does not surprise me. Not only is he arrogant, but lazy and a liar
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:38:28 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Yosemitest
24
posted on
07/25/2013 6:50:43 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Kaslin
25
posted on
07/25/2013 6:51:46 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest; All
Short clips of Jay Carney, Rush, Obama, Donald Trump
Gretas Intro to last nights program
Reminds me of the phony president we have!
1:12 Minutes
Greta: Phony Scandals or Phony Tactics?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsUaMAYTzqE
To: SueRae
I don’t know why he needs 2 shows a day anyway
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:54:38 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Whenifhow
Thanks for that greata' link !
I have one question.
What do you do,when the Department of Justice ... is run by ... and full of criminals ...who will NOT enforce the law?
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:59:37 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Ann Archy; Whenifhow
See post#18 by Freeper Whenifhow and watch the video
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posted on
07/25/2013 7:00:06 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Yosemitest
To: Hotlanta Mike
I have forgotten who Shulman is. I don’t see him mentioned in the article
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posted on
07/25/2013 7:04:52 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Whenifhow
And WHO'S going to investigate, prosecute, convict, and enforce the conviction ?
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posted on
07/25/2013 7:08:18 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
07/25/2013 7:26:44 AM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
To: Yosemitest
Maybe a lawyer would know?
I can’t see it happening, but keeping the faith that evil will be exposed for all to see and “Just Us” will be done.
To: Hotlanta Mike
Oh yeah, I remember now.
Thanks
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posted on
07/25/2013 7:35:54 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Hotlanta Mike; Yosemitest
Was looking for something in email about Shulman and found two interesting things:
An IRS Scandal Inseparable from Obamacare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3024697/posts
http://m.spectator.org/169477/show/1482431f2dafbbd5ac6701b46c652f60/?
[Scandal] involves IRS skullduggery relating to the exchanges. A year ago, the IRS finalized a regulatory ruling to the effect that it will issue tax credits through Obamacares federal insurance exchanges. Why is that such a big deal? Well, the IRS has been granted no legal authority, by the Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any other act of Congress, to issue such credits. In fact, the ruling flouts the explicit language of Obamacare.
IRS seeks 4,000 agents, $303 million for Obamacare
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/416051
A new Government Accountability Office review of the IRS 2012 tax return season and the taxmans fiscal 2013 budget request also found that the agencys customer service rating has slipped and 5.5 million returns were delayed a week because of a computer programming glitch.
snip
The audit looked at everything from customer service to pending budget issues. It found that the agencys level of service via phone calls
To: Yosemitest
Great point!
Can be summed up this way: EVERYTHING about the Obongo Bozo administration is PHONY!
And, THEY ALL LIE! EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM!
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posted on
07/25/2013 7:41:20 AM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: Whenifhow
You, there something you need to understand about EVIL.
Take the time to read an excerpt on another thread that will help you to understand.
It's called
"The Wrath of SATAN", and it's linked to its sources.
The only way out of this is through the Second Amendment !
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posted on
07/25/2013 9:22:24 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Whenifhow
Thanks for the info.
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posted on
07/25/2013 9:27:51 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: SunkenCiv
Anybody ever here of this person? JEFFREY ZIENTS?
http://reason.com/24-7/2013/07/24/former-omb-director-linked-to-irs-scanda
Amid new revelations about the IRS targeting scandal, the Obama administrations Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said Tuesday that former OMB head Jeffrey Zients extended absence from the United States is due to a family vacation.
OMBs statement came after The Daily Caller reported that former leader Jeffrey Zients met at the White House with key figures at the Internal Revenue Service just before news broke that the IRS was targeting conservative nonprofit groups for abusive audits and delays.
Zients has still not returned from an overseas exile that began after his departure from the Obama administration in April, two weeks before the IRS scandal broke. A White House source told The Daily Caller that Zients absence from the country has been noticeable and concerning.
Mr. Zients wifes family lives in South Africa. He is visiting them now, as he and his family do every summer, an OMB spokesperson told Fox News in a statement Tuesday. The agency did not address the concerns raised by the White House source, nor did it provide either the date Zients began his overseas trip or the date he is expected to return
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:06:11 AM PDT
by
ncfool
(Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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