Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Feds pick Obama supporter to lead probe of IRS tea party targeting
The Washington Times ^ | January 8, 2014 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 01/08/2014 3:19:54 PM PST by jazusamo

The Justice Department put an avowed political supporter of President Obama in charge of the criminal probe into the IRS’s targeting of tea party groups, according to top Republicans who said Wednesday that the move has ruined the entire investigation.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan said they’ve discovered the head of the probe is Barbara Kay Bosserman, a trial lawyer in the Justice Department who donated more than $6,000 to Mr. Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns, as well as several hundred dollars to the national Democratic Party.

“The department has created a startling conflict of interest,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan said in a letter, reviewed by The Washington Times, which was sent Wednesday. “It is unbelievable that the department would choose such an individual to examine the federal government’s systematic targeting and harassment of organizations opposed to the president’s policies.”

The IRS’s internal auditor revealed last May that the agency had been inappropriately targeting and blocking applications for tax-exempt status from tea party and conservative-leaning groups, and in the immediate aftermath Mr. Obama promised the FBI and Justice Department would investigate whether the IRS broke any laws.

Eight months later, the investigation has not produced any public findings, and Mr. Issa says they have stonewalled his efforts to find out what’s going on.

Ms. Bosserman didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. The Justice Department’s press office said it was looking into the letter.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bosserman; doj; fbi; holder; irs; irsscandals; irsteapartyscandal; issa; teaparty
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041 next last
To: jazusamo

I would say that the “FIX IS IN” but it always has been in under the Obama regime.

It is a real national tragedy when the American people can’t trust their government to investigate illegal activities by other govt entities.

But we must remember, ‘THAT’S THE CHICAGO WAY’.


21 posted on 01/08/2014 4:03:23 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: upchuck

Exactly...As a kid and a young man the FBI was looked up to, not so any longer and I won’t even comment on the ATF.


22 posted on 01/08/2014 4:04:27 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Menehune56; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Amen to you both.


23 posted on 01/08/2014 4:05:58 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Norm Lenhart

Now Norm, I am pretty sure that Issa will pen a letter and say that he is really, really mad this time.


24 posted on 01/08/2014 4:15:25 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: itsahoot

I know Issa is upset. Because every time he fails to do anything, which strangely, is every time he needs to do something attached to his job description, the same handful of GOP sycophants who play conservatives on FR for fun (and likely profit), invade threads like this filled with excuses for the lack of results on A N Y T H I N G with his name attached to it.

If I were him, I’d be mad as hell his lackys were losing the battle to BS us. He ain’t getting his money’s worth.


25 posted on 01/08/2014 4:26:14 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: jazusamo
It is unbelievable that the department would choose such an individual to examine the federal government’s systematic targeting and harassment of organizations opposed to the president’s policies.”

Issa really just can't believe it?

He must be at least half retarded.

Does he get to work on a short bus?.

I guess this means he needs to waste time doing something else.

Maybe catching a rubber ball on a string in a cup.

26 posted on 01/08/2014 4:32:15 PM PST by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rome2000

Why even bother investigating? The results are predetermined.


27 posted on 01/08/2014 4:57:39 PM PST by phormer phrog phlyer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: jazusamo
Eight months later, the investigation has not produced any public findings, and Mr. Issa says they have stonewalled his efforts to find out what’s going on.

Say what you will about the Whigs, you've got to admit they're highly skilled at crying in their beer.

28 posted on 01/08/2014 6:11:47 PM PST by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jazusamo

And the hits just keep on coming...


29 posted on 01/08/2014 6:24:33 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jazusamo

Impeachment File for “B. Hussein Obama,” aka Barry Soetoro, a documented legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


30 posted on 01/08/2014 6:33:23 PM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks jazusamo.


31 posted on 01/08/2014 6:45:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: jazusamo
The Justice Department put an avowed political supporter of President Obama in charge of the criminal probe into the IRS’s targeting of tea party groups, according to top Republicans who said Wednesday that the move has ruined the entire investigation.

Fox, Henhouse; you know the drill.

32 posted on 01/08/2014 7:20:38 PM PST by SuziQ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jazusamo; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ..
No bias here!

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

33 posted on 01/08/2014 7:27:10 PM PST by null and void (It is as if they all had one head. Too bad they don't all have one neck.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: null and void

dripping all the way


34 posted on 01/08/2014 7:51:38 PM PST by Nifster
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: null and void

Thanks, and for you: A 3D Printer Ping.

http://innovation.uk.msn.com/design/the-3d-printer-that-can-build-a-house-in-24-hours


35 posted on 01/08/2014 7:56:12 PM PST by Flotsam_Jetsome (One true thing about "Obama": No one's madder than he is.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: null and void

Since the RATS have forced our hand, who out there wants to be the Next Ken Starr?


36 posted on 01/08/2014 8:34:12 PM PST by txhurl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: Norm Lenhart

Did I forget this Norm?

Issa is a stooge for Boehner.

37 posted on 01/08/2014 11:38:39 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: jazusamo
We should have thrown them all in jail back during the 911 hearings!

Plenty of evidence! Red handed!

Reprehensible R's let them slide!

Why?!?!?!?

They are CO CONSPIRATORS!

Puppet govt for puppet people!

38 posted on 01/09/2014 12:58:04 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: itsahoot

No, I am agreeing with you. Just ranting off what you posted ;)


39 posted on 01/09/2014 1:16:01 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: rawcatslyentist
We should have thrown them all in jail back during the 911 hearings!

Plenty of evidence! Red handed!

Reprehensible R's let them slide!

???

40 posted on 01/09/2014 6:44:28 AM PST by dirtboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson