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New documents obtained and released through a Judicial Watch lawsuit show the targeting of tea party and conservative groups came directly out of Washington D.C., not a rogue IRS office in Cincinnati.
On July 6, 2012, former Director of the IRS Rulings and Agreements Division and current Manager of Exempt Organizations Guidance Holly Paz sent an email to IRS Attorney Steven Grodnitzky asking for an explanation of how tea party group applications were being handled. Grodnitzky responded by confirming the cases were being handled in Washington.
"EOT is working the Tea party applications in coordination with Cincy. We are developing a few applications here in DC and providing copies of our development letters with the agent to use as examples in the development of their cases. Chip Hull [another lawyer in IRS headquarters] is working these cases in EOT and working with the agent in Cincy, so any communication should include him as well. Because the Tea party applications are the subject of an SCR [Sensitive Case Report], we cannot resolve any of the cases without coordinating with Rob," Grodnitzky wrote.
When the IRS targeting scandal broke last year, officials in Washington immediately pinned the blame on the Cincinnati office. This documentation proves not only that direction was coming out of Washington, but that Washington instructed Cincinnati about how to handle tea party applications.
A new email from Lois Lerner also details how BOLO lists (be on the look out) were specifically created for tea party groups or groups with issues related to government spending, debt, taxes and "how the country is being run."
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Judicial Watch also found the IRS put red and orange alert symbols on tea party issues for heightened awareness.
A series of letters between Senator Levin (D-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations, and top IRS officials throughout 2012 discuss how to target conservative groups the senator claimed were “engaged in political activities.”
In response to a Levin March 30 letter citing the “urgency of the issue,” then-Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller assured the senator that IRS regulations were flexible enough to allow IRS agents to “prepare individualized questions and requests” for select 501(c)(4) organizations.
In perhaps the most revealing letter from the IRS to Levin, Miller on June 4, 2012, takes 16 pages to explain to the senator what IRS regulations and policies may and may not be used to evaluate political groups and assures him that the agency has considerable leeway in picking and choosing which groups would be subject to additional scrutiny:
Testifying before the Senate Finance Committee today, Miller said he came up with the idea to disclose the targeting of Tea Party groups by planting a question on a Friday at an American Bar Association conference, in hopes of softening the blow of the IRS Inspector General’s report that the agency knew would be coming out the next week.
Miller told the committee of the planted question, “Obviously the whole thing was an entirely bad idea.”
Miller also had knowledge of the IRS’s inappropriate targeting of Tea Party groups as early as May 2012 in his role as deputy commissioner but failed to inform either the president or Congress.
So who has gone "to jail" in any of these Scandals? Who has even gotten fired?
The O-Team is pretty busy keeping all these balls in the air - the VA Deaths and corruption is another "ball" they have to manage now.
For those that are following the IRS Targeting Scandal - Law Professors have a Blog that follows it daily.
but but Obama said not a smidgen of corruption. But guess what, the media and liberals STILL don't care. They actually support targeting conservatives because many liberals stand for anything but America.
So who has gone "to jail" in any of these Scandals? Who has even gotten fired?
The O-Team is pretty busy keeping all these balls in the air - the VA Deaths and corruption is another "ball" they have to manage now.
For those that are following the IRS Targeting Scandal - Law Professors have a Blog that follows it daily.
but but Obama said not a smidgen of corruption. But guess what, the media and liberals STILL don't care. They actually support targeting conservatives because many liberals stand for anything but America.
Rogue agents in Chicago
Not a smidgen of corruption
Obama and his administration proved to "mislead" again!
Explains why the IRS folks were so flippant in front of congressional questioning. they know they have complete protection from the highest levels. They will never get anything out of Lois Lerner.
Imagine going in front of congress and mocking their questions with joking responses. Try that with the IRS.
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