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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.
© Copyright 1997-2002, Judicial Watch, Inc.
Well, I'm not rich enough for the plush digs, so I doubt if I'd have much fun.
Do you get a special deal for manning the defense here?
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Yep !! No wonder they are frantic.
Well don't speak too loudly. If Larry gets wind and you happen to change your mind, you'll be sued.
He's got over $25 million now! He could pay college expenses for your entire group until you graduate & not feel it!
You'd probably be better off raising money to get a local conservative elected.
Howlin ... you have it all wrong. YOU are the rationale.
I forgot that you probably have to be 21 or accompanied by a parent.
Besides, parents might not appreciate the green speedos and their unchaperoned daughter on the same cruise.
We as a group, were just considering doing some rundraising for some conservative organizations that are on our preferred list.
One last note ... it is HIGHLY DIFFICULT for any non-profit legal organization to raise $25 million. I would have guessed $2-$3 million for JWs top line. Thats 30,000 supporters giving $100 each. Not bad, 30,000?
Chump change.
OK Larry, why don't you just come clean like you demand of all your government targets?
Howlin, read #1270. BeAChooser apparently loves to argue with you, and since you won't come to threads HE posts, he has to come to threads you're posting on.
Like I said, I am sure that story isn't true, so it might not be the best thing to repeat it.
If all of a sudden we all agreed with everything you said, you would have no reason to exist.
Oh good. Howlin welcomes another PROVEN LIAR to this thread. As they say, one good LIAR deserves another.
For those that don't know, VA advogado continue to insist that Ron Brown was autopsied, despite being shown, not only by me but many others, that Brown was NOT autopsied. In fact, every single expert quoted about Ron Brown has stated that he was NOT autopsied. Yet VA advogado, charter member of the move-on'er society, just goes right on promoting his LIE (I suspect as a means of keeping lurkers from looking any further into the Ron Brown matter).
And guess what? I believe the only person on this forum who has ever joined in to suggest that VA advogado's lie is true is Howlin. What a surprise.
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