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Holder launches probe into IRS targeting of Tea Party groups
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| 5/14/13
| Fox
Posted on 05/14/2013 2:00:12 PM PDT by Nachum
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that he's ordered a Justice Department probe into an IRS program that singled out Tea Party and other conservative groups for additional scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status.
Holder announced the investigation during a press conference in Washington. He said the FBI was coordinating with the Department of Justice to see if any laws were broken. He called the practice "outrageous and unacceptable," echoing remarks from President Obama a day earlier.
The probe comes as newly obtained documents show the current IRS chief knew about the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups as early as May 2012 and other officials in Washington were clued in more than a year before that.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: holder; holderfox; holderweasel; irs; irsscandal; probe; specialprosecutor; targeting
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To: RicocheT
Congress has way more power over the IRS than over other agencies. They can’t stonewall this one because Congress can deal with the IRS directly. The Kenyan is SOL!
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:14:26 PM PDT
by
lodi90
To: lodi90
IRS is under the Treasury Department which is under the Executive Branch.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:23:59 PM PDT
by
Newfy
To: Nachum
woofie is going gangbusters on the now released iRS investigative report.. WH alert level remians at Smoke&MirrorsCon 2 .. steady as she goes..
To: Nachum
“FOX”.
News organization reporting, AND who is guarding the hen house.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:29:52 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Mandatory BB Guns for 10 Year Old Boys would solve most of America's problems.)
To: Nachum
Can we get the IRS to investigate Justice for the AP wiretaps?
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:30:43 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Mandatory BB Guns for 10 Year Old Boys would solve most of America's problems.)
To: RicocheT
Holder has used this trick before. Once the investigation is started, the Justice Dept. can ignore all press and Congressional requests for information on the topic by saying, Were in the middle of an investigation. They stall until the smoking guns are lost and the public has lost interest. If that's how holder wants it, we'll just concentrate on Benghazi.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:31:49 PM PDT
by
KittenClaws
(You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
To: Nachum
Why are the Republicans allowing the Obama clan to investigate themselves?
They should be out there making sound bites and YES, make it political! Damn
Boehner, put down the scotch and get to work!
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:32:35 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Conservatism needs a re-awakening plan for the American public)
To: Nachum
This bastard will do his ‘probe’ and of course find that the conservative groups acted improperly and that his boss did nothing wrong.
To: Nachum
I am sure Holder is launching a probe into the IRS, he wants to find out why they were so careless as to get caught.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:34:34 PM PDT
by
svcw
(If you are dead when your heart stops, why aren't you alive when it starts.)
To: Nachum
“Holder to aid IRS in document shredding”
To: Nachum
You mean that Holder is “fisting” himself?
To: Nachum
Holder launches probe into IRS targeting of Tea Party groups
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:51:50 PM PDT
by
tomkat
( solve for x: islam = filth .. Baraq = islam ... Baraq = x)
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:57:40 PM PDT
by
informavoracious
(We're being "punished" with Stanley Ann's baby. Obamacare: shovel-ready healthcare.)
To: Nachum
How can he probe himself?
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:58:03 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: Nachum
Just in case everyone is wondering, let me go ahead and fill you in on what Holder’s report will say, in short:
“No malfeasance found. All personnel followed policy to-the-letter.”
Which, of course, will be a true statement since it’s this administration’s policy to target opponents and journalists.
To: Nachum
Zero confidence in any Holder department probe.
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posted on
05/14/2013 3:10:05 PM PDT
by
Will88
To: Nachum
He’ll conclude he didn’t know anything about his orders and thus is innocent.
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posted on
05/14/2013 3:17:47 PM PDT
by
bgill
(The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)
To: Nachum
Obama had the media report this I think. Benghazi is off the radar Obama says its not his department, Holder says he will look into it and that will be the end of it. No one high up gets in trouble and Obama is unscathed but was able to use this to get other things of the front burner. Obama is a bastard genius. The media is in the bag for Obama one big giant head fake and everyone is falling for it. My opinion only.
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posted on
05/14/2013 3:20:15 PM PDT
by
funfan
To: Nachum
There is a purpose to this. Now all the sources have to clam up when Issa comes calling. The reason for this “investigation” is to obfuscate. But this is all an act, to play out what they think is a sideshow.
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posted on
05/14/2013 3:23:36 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
To: Nachum
Probe into how the word got out, likely.
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posted on
05/14/2013 3:25:30 PM PDT
by
mykroar
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.-Thomas Paine)
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