[Notwithstanding]

"According to the IRS documents, the Clinton fan's complaint was received by the IRS from the White House on Sept. 14, 1998, and dispatched to Commissioner Charles Rossotti's office. That same day, the file indicates, a telephone call in connection with this matter was made to a person whose name was blacked out. Just two weeks later, Judicial Watch received its first notice of an audit."

[My Favorite Headache]

Bastard. As usual we get some smoking gun...and now we just wait for the denial. Traficant was just on MSNBC but said nothing of it. He I am sure before his sentencing tomorrow will have some comments on this. Larry does good here?

[lainie]

...and everyone says Klayman is just a big dopey nuisance.

[Semper Paratus]

Klayman must be joyous with all this publicity.
Going from Right-Wing wack job to watchdog group.

[DoughtyOne]

I'll be waiting for the usual Judicail Watch bashers to drop by for their portion of humble pie. However, I'm not holding my breath.

[Sir Gawain]

JW ping.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...Just two weeks later, Judicial Watch received its first notice of an audit

Looks like the pro quo (IRS audit) followed the quid (complaint about JW) to me.

[BluH2o]

The background of other such audits might yield other smoking guns, if Congress or the Bush administration were interested enough to investigate.

Don't hold your breath ... the Bush administration and congress have shown little, or no, enthusiasm in going after the Clinton administration. Other IRS targets, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones, Kathleen Wiley and nearly anyone else who was seen as a threat to the Clinton administration.

[Alamo-Girl]

There were others:

IRS Audits under Clinton

[Paul Atreides]

Nothing will come of it. If the Clintons dropped an A-Bomb on Republican HQ, the Republicans would apologize to them for not being at ground zero.

[gubamyster]

A filing in the court last Jan. 7 indicates the documents were released by lawyers from the Justice Department's Tax Division. The government's chief litigator against Judicial Watch has been a remarkable Washington bureaucrat named Stuart Gibson.

While serving as a civil service tax lawyer, Gibson also is a liberal activist in suburban Fairfax County, Va., where he was elected to the school board with Democratic backing. He was the lead litigator in the public disclosure of tax shelters by individual taxpayers--including Bill Simon, the Republican nominee for governor of California.

fyi...

[RedWing9]

bling-bling!

[cake_crumb]

"There is now evidence that the audit of at least one Clinton ''enemy'' was triggered by the White House"

Pardon me, but wasn't there 'evidence' of IRS audits of Clinton enemies BEFORE, during the Clinton administration???

[Always Right]

Paula Jones, WND, and so many others who dare speak out against the Clintons have the similar smoking guns.

[VRWC_minion]

I recall this point being made 4 years ago. Did Larry just discover this ?

Oh my, well maybe the right wing is getting something for their contributions </ sarcasm>

[Enduring Freedom]

MAKE SOME NOISE, PUBBIES!

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . and dispatched to Commissioner Charles Rossotti's office . . . The same day . . . a telephone call . . . was made . . ."

This is the key to it all. Is it normal for a citizen complaint to be delivered directly to the commissioner, and to be dealt with so expeditiously? I doubt it very much. It looks like someone was mainlining these politically motivated audit requests directly to the top.

[RightWinger]

Nothing will happen to Bill Clintoon, it never does.
At least it will add another black mark next to his name for some historian to mention a hundred years from now.

[Clara Lou]

ping

[IFly4Him]

I occassionally fly people active in conservative politics (and social issues) - all of whom the members of this forum would know. One of them recently told me that his organization got audited after Clinton became president. The IRS sent a handful of agents to his location. They stayed for three years. After providing them with office space and hiring accountants/lawyers to protect their integrity, the organization came out $100K to the good. Unfortunately it cost over $1M to deal with it.

This is the kind of abuse of power that demands jail time!