Posted on 06/22/2018 6:10:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
How's this for sneaky? Sen. John McCain, not too long after seeking conservative and Republican votes in his failed 2008 bid for the presidency, went right after those same conservative voters without telling them, by egging on the IRS to ruin them.
It's the sort of political back-stabbing that defies belief, taking an active role in destroying the Tea Party, which was an authentic grassroots movement of local groups calling for smaller government. But sure enough, Judicial Watch has found McCain's central role right there in the documents:
Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.
The explosive exchange was contained in notes taken by IRS employees at an April 30, 2013, meeting between Kerner, Lerner, and other high-ranking IRS officials. Just ten days following the meeting, former IRS director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner admitted that the IRS had a policy of improperly and deliberately delaying applications for tax-exempt status from conservative non-profit groups.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Why would anyone be surprised? He called them all “Whacko Birds”...
How much money from soros has he taken and whne is he going to die???
This may turn out to be the final nail in the coffin of McJuan’s “legacy”.
McCain was a parasite within the government.
A truly odious and insidious man!
And he’s still working his power plays, working to get his wife appointed to his senate seat (he’ll wait till after the August primary of course, so Ducey will be free to comply).
Everything with him is as transparent as a window now.
Reinstate General McInerary.
I sure hope that this ends his career and his wife’s bid to take his place.
Has McCain EVER voted for a Conservative concept?
Treason seems to be a pattern with (soon to be former US Senator) John McCain.
McCain was a snake behind the scenes as well as on center stage.
Capt. Queeg is short.
5.56mm
“Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.”
Unbelievable. Another backstabber still on the Big Government payroll, being paid by the taxpayers he was trying to annihilate. This is inexcusable. Not only should Kerner be fired, but the person who recommended that Pres. Trump appoint him should be fired also.
Legacy...
A Despicable little man.
Lerner and other IRS officials met with select top staffers from the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in a “marathon” meeting to discuss concerns raised by both Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that the IRS was not reining in political advocacy groups in response to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
Did Jeff Sessions know this when he let Lois Lerner off the hook?
McCain was a snake behind the scenes as well as on center stage.
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True that. He secretly connived to push the anti-Trump “dossier” too.
This guy has a McNasty Legacy, hope he’s proud.
Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.
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