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Senate Report: Lois Lerner’s Political Views Resulted in Disparate Treatment of Conservative Groups
Americans for Tax Reform (atr.org) ^ | August 6, 2015 | Alexander Hendrie

Posted on 08/11/2015 11:43:42 AM PDT by grundle

Lois Lerner’s personal political views directly resulted in tea party and conservative non-profits receiving disparate and unfair treatment according to a report compiled by the Senate Finance Committee.

Following a review of approximately 1,500,000 pages produced by the IRS, the Finance Committee concluded that Lerner’s was a staunch supporter of Democrat policies and held disdain for conservative values. These personal political views resulted in disparate treatment of conservative organizations, even when members of Congress inquired on behalf of an organization. As the report notes:

“We found evidence that Lerner’s personal political views directly resulted in disparate treatment for applicants affiliated with Tea Party and other conservative causes… Lerner showed little concern for conservative applicants, even when members of Congress inquired on their behalf, allowing them to languish in the IRS bureaucracy for as long as two years with little or no action.”

As the report notes, Lois Lerner’s position as senior executive in charge of Exempt Organizations (EO) gave her tremendous power over the ability of taxpayers to exercise political speech:

“By virtue of her position, Lerner had the potential to exert tremendous power over many taxpayers who sought to exercise their right to political speech.”

Lerner’s views resulted in the IRS delaying conservative group’s applicants and subjecting them to unfair audits. In contrast, progressive nonprofits received quick approval when applying for non-profit status. As the report notes:

Her influence led not only to indefinite delays in the processing of these groups’ applications for tax-exempt status, but also to audits. During that same time, the IRS generally responded quickly and favorably to nonprofit organizations that were affiliated with progressive causes or politicians.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bananarepublic; irs; irsscandal; loislerner
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The official report is at http://www.finance.senate.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/?id=11f4db1f-9986-4ecb-ba61-f3a8abeb2672
1 posted on 08/11/2015 11:43:43 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

Alternative headline: Lois Lerner engaged in blatant discrimination, malfeasance, and political corruption and should be doing hard time.


2 posted on 08/11/2015 11:45:42 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: grundle

The EXEMPT undocumented Democrats:
"Nothing to see here."
These were WANTED IRS attacks on GOP conservative "crazies"."

3 posted on 08/11/2015 11:48:35 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: grundle

And she was allowed to retire and collect a pension paid for by us. I continue to be disgusted by this government. She was allowed to complete her mission, and paid no price for illegal activities.


4 posted on 08/11/2015 11:49:19 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: grundle

You don’t say? Next thing you know the Senate will issue a report that the sun will rise tomorrow in the east.


5 posted on 08/11/2015 11:52:14 AM PDT by allendale
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To: grundle

So, when will that Captain Obvious conclusion result in prison terms?


6 posted on 08/11/2015 11:52:37 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

And we pay this clowns how much to write up drivel like this?

Ha ha, the joke is on us for believing these POSs would actually do something. Ah, I have this here report that says: blah blah blah. I hope it is printed on Charmin so it has some value.


7 posted on 08/11/2015 11:55:18 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Jack Hammer

Now, when does she go to jail and is denied her pension?


8 posted on 08/11/2015 11:59:03 AM PDT by RAY (God Bless the USA!)
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To: grundle

It took over a year for some report to tell us that?
One look at her arrogant face (Mussolini like) was the first clue that she hates the Tea Party, and could give a rip about who knows it.


9 posted on 08/11/2015 12:00:30 PM PDT by lee martell (The sag)
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To: grundle

Duh!


10 posted on 08/11/2015 12:02:21 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: Mouton

It is the most powerful criminal syndicate that has ever existed.


11 posted on 08/11/2015 12:03:59 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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Amazing how Lerner hits the “fast-track” when the WH order appears (snix).....

OBAMA’s KENYAN HALF-BROTHER HEADS THE OBAMA FOUNDATION—in honor of their father

BACKSTORY-—The Barack H. Obama Foundation (BHOF) is run by Malik (who lives in Kenya)-—to honor Malik and Obama’s late dad. It was fast-tracked by Lois Lerner for IRS tax-exempt status.

The BHOF is based at a Virginia UPS store, according to its website. The organization’s IRS filings list another Virginia address that is actually a drug rehab center where the foundation does not appear ever to have been based.

As first reported by The Daily Caller, the foundation was speedily approved for IRS exemption by Lois Lerner, the self-same IRS senior official at the center of the targeting of conservative organizations that have waited over two years to receive tax exempt status. The IRS thoughtfully gave the Obama Foundation retroactive fund-raising status.......which it stupidly never applied for.

To get tax-exempt status, the foundation cooked-up a mission statement: “to provide people everywhere with resources to uplift their welfare and living standards in memory of dad-—Barack H. Obama: in the region of his birth, Kenya, and beyond.” Its guiding principle is “the inherent belief that no one can truly enjoy the riches he has reaped if his neighbor suffers.....”We seek to elevate the human condition so that everyone can live in dignity and truly enjoy having one another as neighbors.”

(waiting for hysterical laughter to die down)

Despite raising more than $250,000, the alleged charity doesn’t seem to have done much. Its website claims the organization has built a madrassa and was building an imam’s house as well as some “proposed latrines,” but there is no other evidence that the nonprofit was working to “mitigate social-shortcomings in areas of education and literacy, health and well-being, poverty, and lack of community infrastructure in such basic needs such as water, electricity, shelter and sustenance,” as the site says.

Alton Ray Baysden, a former Dept of State employee, allegedly a registered Republican, who helped start the Barack H Obama foundation, declined to comment before seeing copies of a reporter’s passport and govt ID, along with a description of the article’s “motivation” and “slant.”

Repeated reporters’ phone calls went to the organization’s voicemail and were not returned.


US TAXPAYERS PAY NOW-—Obama collects later.

There’s multi- million dollar Obama Foundation donations, six-figure honoraria, consultancies, wealth-producing insider business deals w/ oil-rich African countries.

Obama’s federal outlays (that we know of).:

<><> $150 billion to “peace-loving” Iran for the nuke deal;

<><> $2 billion funding to Malik’s employer-—the Muslim Brotherhood,

<><> $50 million to Malik/Barack’s tax-exempt foundation in the form of a grant to Kenya.

<><> While the Muslim Brotherhood was in charge in Egypt, Obama (and Hillary) showered them w/ praise.....and billions of US dollars in aid, arms, tanks and planes.

<><> Obama gave $90 million US tax dollars to wealthy oil-rich African countries.

<><> billions still missing from Obamacre.


12 posted on 08/11/2015 12:13:40 PM PDT by Liz
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To: grundle

Its not just Lerner. She works for others and has bosses higher up the food chain.


13 posted on 08/11/2015 12:14:33 PM PDT by Starboard
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FR POSTED/ 8/17/15-—Lois Lerner called conservatives ‘a**holes’ in IRS emails

Lerner’s sleight of hand “Email Magic Act” (now you see ‘em, now you don’t), and using the IRS to suppress conservatives, are more nauseating examples of the Obama admin’s contempt for Americans.

POINTS TO PONDER—let’s follow the money:

<><> So where did Lerner got $$hundreds of thousands to pay high-price lawyers to protect her sorry behind?

<><> Mishandling of public funds maybe?....maybe bribes?...maybe paybacks?

<><><> Lois has lots of info Dems could use-—maybe she sold info to the highest bidder?

<><><> Lerner once saved the *** of Cong Dickie Durbin (Dem-Ill)-—maybe ol’ Dick put in a line item in a budget bill that regularly spits out tax dollars to a secret numbered account offshore?

<><><> BOMBSHELL— Lerner was angling for a job w/ Obamba’s fund-raising giant. Did OFA kick in a few bucks? OFA’s books need intense scrutiny N-O-W.

<><><> Maybe the buck-raking Clintons’ tax-exempt foundation was tapped for a (cough) grant?

Course, Lerner’s assistance to Obama’s plans for tax-exempt buck-raking Foundations may not be going unrewarded, either.


14 posted on 08/11/2015 12:15:49 PM PDT by Liz
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To: TigersEye

Just another report. Just more words recapitulating the obvious without any actions. Congress is a waste of resources.


15 posted on 08/11/2015 12:17:45 PM PDT by Starboard
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Malik Obama in Muslim dress, a resident of Kenya--Barack's half brother---holds up pic of Obama in Muslim dress taken on an earlier visit. Lois Lerner fast-tracked tax-exemption for the Barack H Obama Foundation---named after their father.

16 posted on 08/11/2015 12:22:43 PM PDT by Liz
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To: TigersEye

Exactly, something other than another damn ‘report’.


17 posted on 08/11/2015 12:33:27 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: grundle

She said she didn’t do anything wrong. She pleaded the 5th. And Obama says there is not a smidgen of corruption in the IRS. What more do you need to be satisfied that this is all just a conservative witch hunt. Get over it.


18 posted on 08/11/2015 12:38:26 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: grundle

By this time, Richard Nixon was already being interviewed by David Frost.


19 posted on 08/11/2015 12:39:50 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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Prison time should, but won’t happen with our Marxist Justice Dept.


20 posted on 08/11/2015 12:41:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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