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A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
AP ^ | 5/15/2013 | CALVIN WOODWARD

Posted on 05/15/2013 2:10:07 AM PDT by markomalley

A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted congressional inquiries and a Justice Department criminal investigation:

2010:

March-April: IRS agents begin giving extra attention to tax-exempt applications from groups associated with the tea party or with a political sounding agenda in their names, such as "Patriots," ''Take Back the Country" or "We the People," according to the IRS inspector general.

August: The first IRS "BOLO" listing — meaning Be on the Lookout — is issued for "various local organizations in the Tea Party movement" that are seeking tax-exempt status.

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1 posted on 05/15/2013 2:10:07 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

I’m sure Steven Miller will be first on Holder’s indictment list. He had a history of these shenanagans when he worked for Clinton.

Yup. Right after a glacier wipes out Wrigley Field.


2 posted on 05/15/2013 2:36:32 AM PDT by glock rocks ("If not us, who? If not now, when?" - Ronald Reagan)
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DOJ investigating Holder. Miller investigating the IRS? Oh I’m sure they will find nothing. No basis for criminal charges found. Yes we’re absolutely sure about it....sigh


3 posted on 05/15/2013 3:12:57 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: markomalley

Will anyone be fired?


4 posted on 05/15/2013 3:15:35 AM PDT by dila813
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To: markomalley

Calvin leaves out a lot of info concerning Congressional Democrat letters to the IRS demanding that these conservative groups be investigated. Schumer, Reid, Franken, Baucus et al pushed the IRS to ramp up scrutiny.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/brian-walsh/2013/05/14/senate-democrats-pushed-for-irs-tea-party-snooping-before-criticizing-it


5 posted on 05/15/2013 3:30:04 AM PDT by plangent
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To: glock rocks

It looks like MSM is preparing to make Obama look like a hero with this IRS scandal. You will see headlines reading “Obama Outraged.” Of course we all know he knew about the tax audits from the beginning, but the ignorance claim is how the MSM will help him. He will fire a few low-level IRS employees, most likely whistle-blowers preparing to implicate their leadership. Keep the leadership team in place along with Holder; and the MSM will bow down and praise him as the Messiah who clamped down on the IRS. In all likelihood he will continue his IRS audits against conservative groups for the next few years and proclaim his innocence while low info voters keep using their Obamaphones to tell their friends to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.


6 posted on 05/15/2013 3:37:12 AM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: markomalley

The conservatives need to start a whistle blowing group in the IRS. It worked for Scientology!


7 posted on 05/15/2013 4:22:03 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired

Someone should ask Harry Reid where he got the information that he was touting about Mitt Romney not paying taxes for ten years. He should be asked under oath.


8 posted on 05/15/2013 4:27:40 AM PDT by steve7
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To: glock rocks
“Steven Miller, one of the Clinton IRS agents who helped conduct those witch hunts in the 1990s, is currently the head of the Obama IRS department that has now admitted it discriminated against tea party groups. Jackboot history repeats itself.”

A Brief History of Slimy Dem Snoops and Dumpster Divers

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9 posted on 05/15/2013 4:44:17 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: markomalley

Obama's Gestapo:


10 posted on 05/15/2013 5:02:51 AM PDT by Bon mots
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“Harry Reid should be asked under oath.”

You made me laugh. As though being under oath would stop “Dirty Harry” from telling lies!!!!! If his lips are moving, Harry is lying!


11 posted on 05/15/2013 9:53:49 AM PDT by tired&retired
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