[From article]
Precisely because of the crucial role that nonprofit organizations play in American society, the IRS’s partisan abuse of power, singling out conservative tea-party organizations for particularly negative treatment, is a public scandal.
Here is classic lawyers stirring up controversies. Lawyers run the White House encouraging regulations written by bureaucrats so that lawyers may increase their income fighting against lawless legislation. More examples of how lawyers write laws and run governments to increase their roles, in order to increase their income.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/375448/when-no-means-no-c-boyden-gray
APRIL 10, 2014 4:00 AM
When ‘No’ Means ‘No’
Lois Lerner willfully and knowingly exposed herself to a contempt vote.
By C. Boyden Gray
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After five hours of debate, the House Oversight Committee has voted along party lines 21-12 to hold former IRS Director of Tax Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress.The charges come after Lerner failed to answer questions about the IRS targeting of conservative groups and after failure to cooperate with the Committee investigation into the targeting.
Before the vote, Democrats repeatedly defended the rights of Lois Lerner, arguing she did not waive her Fifth Amendment rights even though she made a statement before declaring she would not answer questions last year and again in early 2014. Republicans argued Lerner did in fact waive her Fifth Amendment rights due to making a statement and defended the rights of taxpayers who were targeted by her organization.
The contempt charge will now go to the full House for a vote. A date for when that vote will happen has not been set. If the House votes to hold her in contempt, the charge will then go to the court system. Yesterday the House Ways and Means Committee referred Lerner to the Department of Justice for criminal charges.
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Lerner now joins Attorney General Eric Holder, who was held in contempt of Congress in June 2012.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/04/10/breaking-oversight-committee-votes-to-hold-lois-lerner-in-contempt-of-congress-n1822907?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm
BREAKING: Oversight Committee Votes to Hold Lois Lerner in Contempt of Congress
BREAKING: Oversight Committee Votes to Hold Lois Lerner in Contempt of Congress
Apr 10, 2014
TownHall
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[From article]these are other bad actors within the agency violating the Hatch Act by abusing their official positions for partisan ends. Add this new information into the Lois Lerner mix (much more on her below), and a very ugly picture of IRS culture emerges.
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So we have one documented case of an IRS worker exhorting customers to re-elect Obama, with another employee dumping on Republicans. It's as if this person were reading off of DNC talking points:
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these people have an obligation to serve as apolitical public employees, dispassionately conducting the people's business. What we see instead is a group of vindictive partisans -- from low-level call center operators all the way to the highest echelons of the IRS. Which brings us back to Lois Lerner and crew.
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(1) Since it's likely to get dredged up again, remember that Democrats' talking point that left-leaning groups were also targeted by the IRS just isn't true, no matter how they try to spin these numbers. (2) Just a few months ago, President Obama once again blamed all of this on a few "bone-headed" employees at a local IRS branch, assuring Americans that there isn't even a "smidgen" of corruption at the agency.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/10/watchdog-irs-employees-told-taxpayers-to-vote-for-obama-attacked-republicans-n1822587?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm
Watchdog: IRS Employees Told Taxpayers to Vote for Obama, Badmouthed GOP
Apr 10, 2014
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[From article]
In spite of the fact that the DOJ has already been investigating both Lerner and the alleged targeting of conservative groups, Republicans on the committee claim that Lerner aided in directing the IRS to delay awarding tax-exempt status to some groups. They further allege that Lerner mislead investigators and exposed confidential taxpayer information.
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[From article]
In spite of the fact that the DOJ has already been investigating both Lerner and the alleged targeting of conservative groups, Republicans on the committee claim that Lerner aided in directing the IRS to delay awarding tax-exempt status to some groups. They further allege that Lerner mislead investigators and exposed confidential taxpayer information.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/house-committee-votes-to-refer-ex-irs-official-lois-lerner-for-criminal-charges/
House Committee Votes to Refer ex-IRS Official Lois Lerner for Criminal Charges
by Noah Rothman
House Committee Votes to Refer ex-IRS Official Lois Lerner for Criminal Charges
by Noah Rothman
2:25 pm, April 9th, 2014
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[From article]
Among those tools is the House's “inherent contempt” authority under the Constitution, which was initially exercised in 1795 during the First Congress and on multiple occasions thereafter. Lerner could be held until January 2015 when a new Congress is seated, which could issue another subpoena and throw her in the clink again if she still balks at testifying.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/house-republicans-wont-rule-out-arresting-lois-lerner-if-justice-department-doesnt/article/2547015
House Republicans won't rule out arresting Lois Lerner if Justice Department doesn't
BY JOEL GEHRKE
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[From article]
Among those tools is the House's “inherent contempt” authority under the Constitution, which was initially exercised in 1795 during the First Congress and on multiple occasions thereafter. Lerner could be held until January 2015 when a new Congress is seated, which could issue another subpoena and throw her in the clink again if she still balks at testifying.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/house-republicans-wont-rule-out-arresting-lois-lerner-if-justice-department-doesnt/article/2547015
House Republicans won't rule out arresting Lois Lerner if Justice Department doesn't
BY JOEL GEHRKE
APRIL 9, 2014 AT 5:43 PM
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