Posts Tagged ‘IRS’
IRS releases list of more than 425 organizations targeted for their political beliefs
The Internal Revenue Service after admitting more than three years ago agency officials targeted Americans for their political beliefs has finally released an almost-exhaustive list of the charities it homed in on for extra scrutiny as the agency slow-rolled applications for tax-exempt status. Fox News has the story: The new list shows a total of…
Read MoreReps. DeSantis, Jordan: ‘Congress has the duty to hold [IRS] Commissioner Koskinen accountable’
Two U.S. House members this week published a joint opinion piece decrying President Obama’s crooked IRS Commissioner John Koskinen – both calling for the commissioner to be impeached after the agency executive looked the other way as evidence critical in the agency targeting scandal and subpoenaed by Congress was destroyed. The Washington Examiner has the…
Read MoreWATCH: Attorney For Groups Targeted By IRS Brilliantly Educates Caller About The First Amendment
As the congressional investigation and calls for President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to step down continued to heat up earlier this week, someone called in to a Washington Journal segment on C-SPAN with guest Cleta Mitchell – attorney for Tea Party Patriots and a number of other groups singled out by the IRS –…
Read MoreWATCH: Rep. Louie Gohmert Says ‘Stink’ Of IRS Management ‘Getting Overwhelming’
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) Tuesday during a House Judiciary Committee meeting expressed his “righteous indignation” over the lack of bipartisan uproar regarding allegations top-level IRS officials – specifically, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen – stonewalled and covered their tracks in order to cover up evidence IRS employees targeted Americans for their political beliefs. Western Journalism has…
Read MoreHouse Judiciary Committee to examine alleged misconduct of Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
Members of the House Judiciary committee are scheduled to look over findings of the congressional investigation into President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who is accused of false testimony; failing to notify Congress key evidence was missing in the scandal that slow-rolled conservative Americans’ tax-exempt-status applications; and, among other things, for failing to comply with…
Read MoreFollow Rep. Roskam’s lead in protecting the First Amendment and demand his IRS legislation gets a vote!
The “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act” (H.R. 5053), which would prohibit the IRS from demanding those who donate to nonprofit charities reveal their identities in annual returns, was introduced in April by Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) but needs a floor vote in the House of Representatives. “In the…
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