Posted on 05/14/2014 12:17:09 PM PDT by Kaslin
New documents obtained and released through a Judicial Watch lawsuit show the targeting of tea party and conservative groups came directly out of Washington D.C., not a rogue IRS office in Cincinnati.
On July 6, 2012, former Director of the IRS Rulings and Agreements Division and current Manager of Exempt Organizations Guidance Holly Paz sent an email to IRS Attorney Steven Grodnitzky asking for an explanation of how tea party group applications were being handled. Grodnitzky responded by confirming the cases were being handled in Washington.
"EOT is working the Tea party applications in coordination with Cincy. We are developing a few applications here in DC and providing copies of our development letters with the agent to use as examples in the development of their cases. Chip Hull [another lawyer in IRS headquarters] is working these cases in EOT and working with the agent in Cincy, so any communication should include him as well. Because the Tea party applications are the subject of an SCR [Sensitive Case Report], we cannot resolve any of the cases without coordinating with Rob," Grodnitzky wrote.
When the IRS targeting scandal broke last year, officials in Washington immediately pinned the blame on the Cincinnati office. This documentation proves not only that direction was coming out of Washington, but that Washington instructed Cincinnati about how to handle tea party applications.
A new email from Lois Lerner also details how BOLO lists (be on the look out) were specifically created for tea party groups or groups with issues related to government spending, debt, taxes and "how the country is being run."
"Because the BOLO only contained a brief reference to "Organizations involved with the Tea Party movement applying for exemption under 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4)" in June 2011, the EO Determinations manager asked the manager of the screening group, John Shafer [IRS Cincinnati field office manager], what criteria were being used to label cases as "tea party " cases. ("Do the applications specify/state ' tea party'? If not, how do we know applicant is involved with the tea party movement?") The screening group manager asked his employees how they were applying the BOLO's short –hand reference to "tea party." His employees responded that they were including organizations meeting any of the following criteria as falling within the BOLO's reference to "tea party" organizations: "1. 'Tea Party', 'Patriots' or '9/12 Project' is referenced in the case file. 2. Issues include government spending, government debt and taxes. 3. Educate the public through advocacy/legislative activities to make America a better place to live. 4. Statements in the case file that are critical of the how the country is being run. . . " Lerner wrote on April 2, 2013. "So, we believe we have provided information that shows that no one in EO "developed" the criteria. Rather, staff used their own interpretations of the brief reference to "organizations involved with the Tea Party movement," which was what was on the BOLO list."
Judicial Watch also found the IRS put red and orange alert symbols on tea party issues for heightened awareness. Here are two slides from a "Heightened Awareness Presentation" used at the IRS.
Further, documents show the IRS responded to "intense" requests from Democrat Senator Carl Levin to come down on conservative tax exempt groups in an effort to get rid of them, specifically the groups working against his reelection campaign.
Emails released by Judicial Watch last month show former head of taxpayer groups Lois Lerner was in contact with the Department of Justice about the potential criminal prosecution of conservative groups. In her emails about DOJ, Lerner noted that putting one person from a conservative organization in jail would create and example and "shut the whole thing down."
The evidence for it is overwhelming, sheeple need to wake, it's their money!
why hasn’t holder indicted her yet?
A couple years ago the democrats insisted that “`rogue underlings’ in Cincy were responsible, and there was nothing more to see here-t-ut tut—so let’s all move along!
It’s just like Benghazi and every other patently political scandal Obama’s administration has instigated.
And now it’s time for some Associated Press damage control: “That darned GOP!”
Yeah, like McCain, McConnell, Boehner & Co. pose threats to their allies, the Democrats.
Let’s go over the issues: `immigration’—they agree; spending, all drunken sailors; Tea party: they both hates `em, my Precious; pay raises all around for Congress! yeah baby; socialized medicine, no problemo; gutting the military, all on board ... say no more, say no more.
Levin is EXEMPT. Special. He is one of the Masters.
Above what was the Law. EXEMPT.
Yes, it's increasingly obvious that part of their long-range plan, to insure their political dominance for many generations to come, was to determinedly infiltrate the "opposition" party. And they've succeeded, which explains for the most part the impotence of the Republican party.
“Larry Klayman is getting information the Republican House Committees can’t!
I’d be pissed off!!”
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Some folks on Free Republic sometimes like to denigrate some of what Larry Klayman does; calling his effort fruitless and a waste of time and resources. But you’ve got to give it to Klayman & Judicial Watch—they are relentless. They’re out there every day doing whatever they can to go after the criminal Obama Regime. And their perseverance sometimes pays off in a big way.
“Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam”.
The Seven Senators Who Asked the IRS to “Investigate” Non-profits
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020866/posts
don’t let the other rat bastards off the hook
I like this one...lol..from whose perspective?...OHHHHHHH!...Ill roll over and play dead now that I know they have my best interest at heart!..../s
......but i digress....
Everyone already knows this came out of the WH. Sadly, very few care.
Yeah..but only about 50% of us suckers that pay!.....The sheep aren't gonna help us...Trust me on this...I know too many of them!!
Good question!....Why haven't we mined the blue cheese on the moon?..get back to me when u figure that out!
“Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam”.<<
and all this time I thought it was just another rubber tree plant!....*W*
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