Another One Of "Those Things"
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Another One Of "Those Things"


Somehow I missed this story, dated February 27, 2014.  Probably because of some goings-on at work.

Via Gateway Pundit:
After 3 Years, 2 Months & 10 Days – Tea Party Patriots Granted Tax Exempt Status By Phone Call on Eve of Congressional Testimony

After 3 years, 2 months, and 10 days; after thousands of man-hours, after tens of thousands of dollars in legal and accounting fees – the IRS called Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots to inform her that the conservative 501(c)(4) group was given tax-exempt status.

This was just hours before her testimony today before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Subcommittee on the IRS targeting scandal....
This morning, I stumbled across this in the Wall Street Journal:
Connecting the Dots in the IRS Scandal: The 'smoking gun' in the targeting of conservative groups has been hiding in plain sight

The mainstream press has justified its lack of coverage over the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups because there's been no "smoking gun" tying President Obama to the scandal. This betrays a remarkable, if not willful, failure to understand abuse of power. The political pressure on the IRS to delay or deny tax-exempt status for conservative groups has been obvious to anyone who cares to open his eyes. It did not come from a direct order from the White House, but it didn't have to....
Worth reading.




- Breaking: Scandal-ridden Lois Lerner Out, Retiring From Irs – Accountability Review Board Was About To Suggest Lerner Be Fired For Role In Irs Scandal
This means nothing. I will be hired by another Federal Agency and I will continue on in my work of financially destroying every Conservative in public life. From Fox: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service says an official at the center of the...

- Obama's Irs Thugs Continue To Target Conservatives In ‘phony’ Scandal
The Washington Examiner:In a remarkable admission that is likely to rock the Internal Revenue Service again, testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp reveals that an agent involved in reviewing tax exempt applications...

- Irs Chief Counsel Met With Obama White House For Seven Hours Just 2 Days Before Irs Released Criteria To Target Tea Party Groups
ScumFrom the Daily Caller:The Obama appointee implicated in congressional testimony in the IRS targeting scandal met with President Obama in the White House two days before offering his colleagues a new set of advice on how to scrutinize tea party...

- Breaking: New Irs Chief Says Targeting Of Conservative Groups Was Broader And Longer Than Previously Disclosed – Agency Improperly Screened Groups Until Last Month…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Internal Revenue Service says inappropriate screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer than was previously disclosed. Danny Werfel told reporters Monday that after becoming...

- Cbs News Report: Top Irs Officials Knew They Were Targeting Conservative Groups Two Years Before They Told Congress “there’s Absolutely No Targeting”
From CBS News: Conservatives are fuming as more damning information surfaces regarding the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of tea party groups for excessive review of their tax-exempt status during the 2012 elections. An apology Friday...



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