Posted on 02/01/2018 5:01:31 PM PST by markomalley
A pro-Israel organization that found its nonprofit status subjected to undue scrutiny by the Obama administration's IRS as a result of its advocacy on the Jewish state's behalf reached a settlement Thursday with the Department of Justice that included a formal apology from the U.S. government for subjecting the group to unfair treatment, according to an announcement.
The Trump administration's DOJ announced Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with Z Street, a conservative pro-Israel advocacy group that sued the government over allegations the Obama administration subjected the organization to unfair scrutiny as a result of its pro-Israel views. Z Street was just one of several conservative organizations to sue the U.S. government.
The case had been locked in court since 2015, when judges rejected the Obama administration's claims that it did not act improperly.
"Z Street alleged that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) applied heightened scrutiny to applications for tax-exempt status received from organizations connected in any way to Israel, and applied this policy to Z Street's application, resulting in delay," the Justice Department announced in a press release. "The settlement agreement includes an apology from the IRS to Z Street for the delayed processing of the group's application for tax-exempt status."
DOJ lawyers issued a formal apology to the group over its unfair treatment and vowed equal treatment for groups of all political stripes.
"Tax exemption eligibility should be based on whether an organization's activities fulfill requirements of the law, not a group's policy positions or the name chosen to reflect those views," Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman said in a statement. "The attorneys at the Department of Justice work hard to ensure that all Americans receive equal treatment under the law. Today's settlement further illustrates this commitment."
The DOJ recently settled several other cases involving conservative advocacy groups that claimed similar bias by the Obama administration.
Obama was put in office to re-direct policies, programs, resources, finances, and manpower as much as possible against the best interests of the United States, to weaken our defenses, economy, alliances, credibility, finances, cohesion, aspirations, morals, morale, and faith.
and he did a very thorough job of it, too
alas!
(siccing government bureaus like IRS against American citizens.... was an integral part of Obama’s task....)
Since it is now the Trump Administration they get a public apology. Where are the fines to be paid by Obama appointees for this abuse of power?! I’m really tired of taxpayers paying for the BS committed by a partisan bureaucracy.
Does the apology include a refund and compensation?
Or make the personally liable to suit retroactively.
Yeah, OK — fine.
Did they enclose a check for damages, with interest?
So now that he IRS has admitted it, who is getting prosecuted for it?
Now sue the IRS.
So..... Who got fired?
L
Once again, totalitarians abuse their massive power to persecute innocents, and nobody goes to jail. The entire federal government has been weaponized.
Too little, too late. Have Obama apologize. He’s good at that.
Make him wear a special “apology suit,” complete with over-sized bow tie, yellow knee pants, and beany with propeller. Vest and jacket in yellow, too, with pink polka dots, orange shirt. Suspenders to hold up the knee pants. I’m sure he’ll be only too glad to comply>E)
I am far more concerned with US citizen conservative groups like the TEA party that represents US citizen taxpayers. Israel receives more welfare aid per capita then any foreign nation on the planet.
“We’re sorry that we delayed your perfectly legitimate application because we hate you, but at least we didn’t throw you in cattle cars...so we’re not really that bad.”
FYIRS!
Apology?
Pfffft!!!!
Who is going to jail.
Lots of “good people” at the IRS.
That is, when they die.
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