Posted on 05/21/2013 10:44:38 AM PDT by Perseverando
Internal Revenue Service managers and workers involved in the Obama administration’s targeting of conservative groups were engaged in criminal activity, and should face those charges in court, according to one of the organizations in the program’s bull’s-eye.
“We believe the IRS has been involved in criminal activity,” said Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association. “When a government office abuses its power to access personal financial records, then uses that information as a tool for revenge, we have reached a new low in American politics.”
The AFA Tuesday called for charges to be filed against all of those involved in the program to which the IRS admitted: targeting conservative groups that challenged the current administration’s policies.
The AFA has been the subject of IRS audits, Wildmon said. But resignations and other such hand-slapping won’t suffice, the AFA statement said.
“In a country where freedom of belief is a foundation, this unfair and unlawful targeting of groups who ‘swim upstream’ from the rest of the pool should be taken extremely seriously,” Wildmon said. “I would certainly venture to say that if any of these conservative organizations stepped out of line in any way – perceived or actual – action would be swift and powerful.”
Further, Wildmon noted there may be evidence that Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ordered the IRS to harass Crossroads GPS and other conservative organizations.
That’s because in October 2010, a press release and letter on Durbin’s website urged the IRS to “quickly investigate the tax status of Crossroads GPS and other organizations that are directing millions of dollars into political advertising without disclosing their funding sources.”
AFA said Crossroads GPS was created in June 2010 and is affiliated with American Crossroads. Both groups advertise during political campaigns.
“AFA sees the recent IRS scandal as a
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The IRS is guilty of colluding with the DNC and a Presidential candidate - all should be prosecuted under the RICO laws, along with “The Don” in the White Crib.
We are all victims now.
What does it matter...... It was the big bad Tea Party folks we targeted. No body likes them anyway.
It’s not really a new low...the Clintons did this 2 decades ago.
Seems like there should be at least 100 folks in jail, between the IRS and the White House.
OH...that’s just for THIS issue....
maybe Obumer will classify this as work place violence.
Durbin should spend the rest of his days in the general population at Ft. Leavenworth...
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