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DOJ Settles with Tea Party Groups on Lois Lerner IRS Scandal
Breitbart.com ^ | 26 Oct 2017 | Ian Mason

Posted on 10/26/2017 8:20:35 AM PDT by Rockitz

Four hundred sixty nine different plaintiffs in two class-action lawsuits over Obama-era IRS harassment settled with the Department of Justice Thursday, bringing to a close a dark chapter in the IRS’s history.

In 2010 and 2011, the IRS under Lois Lerner, particularly out of the Cincinnati field office, launched what many contended were politically motivated investigations and audits of “Tea Party” and other conservative groups. While no criminal prosecutions ever resulted, hundreds of victims assembled in class-action lawsuits against the federal government.

Attorney General Sessions appears to have largely acknowledged the plaintiffs’ claims. In a DOJ press release on the settlement, he said:

[I]t is now clear that during the last Administration, the IRS began using inappropriate criteria to screen applications for 501(c) status. These criteria included names such as “Tea Party,” “Patriots,” or “9/12” or policy positions concerning government spending or taxes, education of the public to “make America a better place to live,” or statements criticizing how the country was being run. It is also clear these criteria disproportionately impacted conservative groups.

As a result of these criteria, the IRS transferred hundreds of applications to a specifically designated group of IRS agents for additional levels of review, questioning and delay. In many instances, the IRS then requested highly sensitive information from applicants, such as donor information, that was not needed to make a determination of tax-exempt status.

In March of last year, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit criticized the Obama DOJ for its handling of the case, writing, “In this lawsuit the IRS has only compounded the conduct that gave rise to it.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bhoirs; doj; irs; lerner; loislerner; obama; officialoppression; teaparty; tyranny
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To: Stosh

Sessions’ motto...

“I understand just a little
No comprende—it’s a riddle”


21 posted on 10/26/2017 8:42:13 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: Stosh
Yes, that is correct. This is not even remotely acceptable, and it also ensures that it will happen again since no one paid a price except the American taxpayer. Sessions has probably received some unwarranted criticism over the past few months, but he should be blasted with both barrels for this nonsense.
22 posted on 10/26/2017 8:42:24 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
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To: SES1066

“Lois Learner was his subordinate, and this happened on his watch. WHY IS HE STILL THERE?”

Personally, I think that Trump intends to deal with the IRS by essentially putting it out of business with tax reform. It’s really not worth the effort to dismantle it before the fact, just let the new tax laws take effect and cause a massive RIF to take place there. All that said, Koskinen, Lerner and a host of other “IRS employees” all pieces of $hit!


23 posted on 10/26/2017 8:43:09 AM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: Major Matt Mason

“Sessions has probably received some unwarranted criticism over the past few months”

Sessions is a worthless POS who should be removed as AG!


24 posted on 10/26/2017 8:44:17 AM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: Rockitz

SO WHO IS GOING TO JAIL?


25 posted on 10/26/2017 8:44:32 AM PDT by Mr. K (NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF)
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To: Rockitz

Sessions let Lois Lerner go.


26 posted on 10/26/2017 8:46:44 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Rockitz

“The terms of the settlement with the conservative groups is not yet clear.”


27 posted on 10/26/2017 8:47:45 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Mr. K

So I guess this wasn’t about a rogue agent working out of an Ohio field office?


28 posted on 10/26/2017 8:51:00 AM PDT by PigRigger (Satire is near impossible now. Liberals donÂ’t understand it and for conservatives it is reality.)
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To: Rockitz

Government corruption of the most egregious nature is now so common that it’s just considered business as usual. No adverse repercussions for the violator.

Kind of like liars in court. Every one knows they just lied but perjury proceedings are never filed.


29 posted on 10/26/2017 8:52:15 AM PDT by KyCats
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To: Stosh

If I interpret this correctly, the groups that were injured will be compensated with my tax money, and the person who did the injuring will retire with a fat government pension. Is that about right?


Sickening, isn’t it?


30 posted on 10/26/2017 8:54:30 AM PDT by samtheman (Clinton colluded with the Russians to falsely accuse Trump of colluding with the Russians.)
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To: Rockitz

What happened to Lois Lerner? Where is she? Who does she work for? Did she get kicked upstairs and makes more money?


31 posted on 10/26/2017 8:57:39 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: samtheman

When appointing a permanent IRS commissioner, I hope that they pick Michelle Bachmann. Michelle got a degree in TAX LAW from William and Mary, and practiced Tax Law at the IRS more many years.

She is a Trump supporter, and a Tea Party person, and honest.


32 posted on 10/26/2017 8:58:02 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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To: Zenjitsuman

that would be great


33 posted on 10/26/2017 9:02:44 AM PDT by samtheman (Clinton colluded with the Russians to falsely accuse Trump of colluding with the Russians.)
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To: Rockitz

Let me see if I have this right. A presidential administration (including both justice and treasury departments) uses people paid with taxpayers money to conspire to deny tax exempt status to political opponents, arguably infringing on their first amendment rights. The effect of this conspiracy is to reduce the effectiveness of the oppositions voice during a presidential election. An inquiry conduced by the sane presidential administration finds no criminal activity (big surprise). The same administration stonewalls a congressional inquiry, and refuses to provide subpoenaed documents. A new administration “settles” with the original victims of the conspiracy and effectively admits that the previous administration did in fact act illegally, but the terms of the “settlement” are not disclosed and no criminal charges are filed. Tell me again that we are “draining the swam” or deterring similar acts in the future.


34 posted on 10/26/2017 9:05:25 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: Stosh

Hey, it’s all about fairness right? /s


35 posted on 10/26/2017 9:07:03 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Rockitz

Why should ANYONE of us obey the tax laws?

This country needs a massive tax revolt to put the CRIMINAL IRS and it’s cabal of thieves in prison for life.


36 posted on 10/26/2017 9:07:24 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Rockitz

Not Even a Smidgen of Corruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUtDFDU4kMk


37 posted on 10/26/2017 9:07:46 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Rockitz; All

This is more winning.

WE have not seen the settlement yet.

THe Tea Party groups had to agree to it, with a sympathetic Sessions.

I bet it is a very good settlement.


38 posted on 10/26/2017 9:08:38 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Rockitz

Whatever happened to the I.G., J. Russell George? The last honest man at the IRS and the key whistleblower? I hope he is vindicated today. I remember those CSPAN hearings. He was one of the good guys.


39 posted on 10/26/2017 9:09:40 AM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: All

Criminal acts, require jail time for those involved.
That is the definition of a crime; the perp goes to jail. Duh, DC; duh, DC, duh, DC.


40 posted on 10/26/2017 9:09:48 AM PDT by veracious (UN = OIC = Islam ; Democrats may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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