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Posted on 04/18/2002 10:49:16 AM PDT by FreedominJesusChrist
For Immediate Release
Apr 18, 2002
Press Office: 202-646-5172
JUDICIAL WATCH FIGHTS CLINTON IRS ATTEMPTED AUDIT
IRS OFFICIAL ADMITS: “WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU SUE THE PRESIDENT?”
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the non-profit educational foundation that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it was fighting in court an audit attempt instituted by the Clinton IRS in retaliation for Judicial Watch’s litigation against President Clinton. Judicial Watch first received notice of an attempted IRS audit on October 9, 1998, a few days after its “Interim Impeachment Report,” which called for Bill Clinton’s impeachment for misuse of the IRS, was officially made part of the Congressional record. The IRS’s initial audit letter demanded that Judicial Watch “[p]rovide the names and addresses of the directors and their relationship to any political party or political groups.” In January, 1999, an IRS official admitted to Judicial Watch representatives, in the context of the propriety of the audit, “What do you expect when you sue the President?” Another IRS official admitted in June, 1999, that the political affiliations of Judicial Watch’s directors is a factor in any IRS audit.
After Judicial Watch scored legal victories against the Clinton Administration, Judicial Watch received audit notices and warnings from the IRS. For instance, immediately following its uncovering of the Clinton-Gore White House e-mail scandal in February, 2000, Judicial Watch lawyers received a call from an IRS official to inform them that Judicial Watch was still on the IRS’s “radar screen.” The IRS finally agreed to defer on deciding whether to audit Judicial Watch until after the Clinton Administration ended. Despite this agreement, in one of the last acts of the Clinton Administration, the IRS sent Judicial Watch another audit notice on January 8, 2001. The IRS also sent new audit notices throughout 2001 after Judicial Watch criticized IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti. Rossotti is a Clinton appointee who “inexplicably” continues to serve under President Bush. In addition to presiding over the audits of perceived critics of the Clinton Administration, Judicial Watch requested criminal and civil investigations of Rossotti for his criminal conflict of interest in holding stock in a company he founded, AMS, while it did business with the IRS.
Judicial Watch now is fighting the attempted audit in federal courts in the District of Columbia and Maryland. As Robert Novak reports in his April 18th column, despite repeated requests to Attorney General Ashcroft to investigate, his Bush Justice Department has thus far refused to do so. (See Judicial Watch's letter to Attorney General John Aschroft) Instead, in the context of Judicial Watch’s lawsuit against the Cheney Energy Task Force, a Bush Administration official told Novak, “I don't know what we are going to do with this Klayman.” A copy of Judicial Watch’s complaint against IRS officials is available by clicking here.
“Judicial Watch has no objection to IRS audits at the proper time and place, under correct, non-political circumstances. We have nothing to hide. But when we were told that we were being audited because we sued Bill Clinton, we had no choice but to stand up and fight in court. Now, for its own reasons, the Bush Administration is content to let Clinton appointee Rossotti continue to harass Judicial Watch. Our lawsuits in response are intended not only to protect Judicial Watch, but are for the good of all Americans,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.
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You know, hitler was, himself, just a hateful twerp with charisma, really not that scary. Same for clinton, he himself is a fat, corrupt pig with charisma, it is the followers, syncophants, and blind ideologues and apologists which provoke frightening comparisons. What was and is scary are the hundreds of people who fled the country, took the fifth, refused to cooperate in investigation after investigation after investigation, hid from process servers, and routinely victimized the truth in the marketplace of ideas on behalf of slick willy.
Millions flocked into the streets to beat the drum for hitler, stalin, mao, pol pot, castro, saddam hussein, you name the evil barbarian and I will cite rallies for the evil beasts who murdered hundreds of millions that overfilled every venue. Reminiscent of the clinton experience in a profoundly disturbing way. Oh, no, there is no sworn testimony to the effect that clinton directed the IRS to browbeat his political opposition, so it didn't happen. George Orwell, move over. It matters not that the IRS repeatedly targeted pundits and partisans in perfect synchronicity with instances of criticism of his criminality, there is no conviction, there was no crime.
When people sacrifice principle for partisanship the door lies open to the maniacs who persuade humanity with depressing regularity to enact brutality and slavery upon themselves.
Evidence of clintons criminality which is undisputed abounds, he admitted using the power of the office of President of the United States to deprive a fellow citizen of their day in court in a civil rights lawsuit. He is a corrupt ideologue, and known as a criminal, a pattern of criminal conduct is the expectation of a fair mind.
You cite a lack of evidence that clinton used our IRS as a scourge, but you bend logic to a pretzel given the fact you are running interference for a self admitted criminal.
Be suspicious of Judicial Watch all you like, they carry no criminal baggage whatsoever.
Truly, your credibility suffers greatly when you can swallow whole the vapid protestations of a self admitted felon and cast a jaundiced eye upon people who illuminated his criminality.
Then they have nothing to fear. It's that simple.
My guess is that he didn't file for a booth on time, demanded one, didn't get one because it was sold out, he probably pitched a fit and threatened to sue Keene, the ACU, and attach all the cosponsors and anybody else he could think of! Probably even Radio FR!
Now having seen how long his cases take, would YOU want to be sued by him?
And since he did threaten to sue, wonder why he didn't?
See folks? This is an example of what I mean about Howlin ignoring the INTENT of posts. She HIDES behind the exact words that are used, just like Clinton did during the impeachment. Southflanknorthpawsis was clearly talking about me since she mentioned the exact same 70000 figure that Howlin had just used in a post to me. And Southflanknorthpawsis did say something unkind about me without pinging me, which Howlin has INSISTED is Free Republic policy (although now she'll probably complain that she never used the word "policy").
Just keep spinning Howlin. You are not fooling anyone about having been caught being deliberately dishonest in the Brown matter during this thread. No amount of "distraction" is going to keep lurkers out there from seeing that and considering you a little less credible the next time you post on any subject.
The protest gives the appearance of some kind of concern over discovery. If there are no surprises, the intent is a moot point.
Far too late to worry about that now, dear.
I am done talking with you. I don't excuse mass murder, which is a patently ridiculous thing to say.
Dwell in your world, Be A Chooser. I have other things to occupy my time besides arguing with you. And if you choose to post another diatribe about me, and how I am a democrat, etc. I will just ignore you. It isn't worth the trouble to reply.
"Does NOT believe Ron Brown was shot = LIAR = not credible on any subject on any thread.
Is that about it?
You are truly a "one trick pony">
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