Friday, August 21, 2015
The IRS Scandal, Day 834
Fox News op-ed: IRS Targeting Scheme Is a Scandal With No End in Sight, by Jay Sekulow (American Center for Law and Justice) :
When the Senate Finance Committee released its findings on the Internal Revenue Service scheme targeting conservative organizations a couple of weeks ago, the initial determination was clear.
As I reported earlier: The findings of the bi-partisan report revealed gross mismanagement at the IRS. But more than that, the evidence shows partisan political animus resulted in the unwarranted targeting of conservative groups because of their political beliefs.
But in the weeks since, as we have dug further into the lengthy report, some important and disturbing comments by former top IRS official Lois Lerner, who served as director of the Exempt Organizations Unit, have come to light.
Remember, it was Lerner who tried to blame this scandal on low-level employees at the IRS in a faux apology issued May 2013 – a flawed attempt to get out in front of an explosive inspector general’s report about the targeting scheme released just days later.
Now we are learning more of the disturbing details about Lerner’s beliefs and behavior thanks to new emails released in conjunction with a two-year probe by the Senate Finance Committee.
The picture is not a pretty one. ...
The findings of the Senate Finance Committee – along with the ongoing probes by other congressional committees – ensure that we will continue to learn more about the depth and breadth of this scheme implemented by Lois Lerner and others.
But, unfortunately, we are no closer to holding those responsible for this unlawful targeting scheme accountable.
And that must become a priority.
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- The IRS Scandal, Day 830 (Aug. 17, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 829 (Aug. 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 828 (Aug. 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 827 (Aug. 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 826 (Aug. 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 825 (Aug. 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 824 (Aug. 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 823 (Aug. 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 822 (Aug. 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 821 (Aug. 8, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 820 (Aug. 7, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 819 (Aug. 6, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 818 (Aug. 5, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 817 (Aug. 4, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 816 (Aug. 3, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 815 (Aug. 2, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 814 (Aug. 1, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 813 (July 31, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 812 (July 30, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 811 (July 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 810 (July 28, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 809 (July 27, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 808 (July 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 807 (July 25, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 806 (July 24, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 805 (July 23, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 804 (July 22, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 803 (July 21, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 802 (July 20, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 801 (July 19, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 701-800 (April 10, 2015 - July 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 601-700 (Dec. 31, 2014 - April 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 501-600 (Sept. 22, 2014-Dec. 30, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 401-500 (June 14, 2014 - Sept. 21,2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 301-400 (Mar. 6, 2014 - June 13, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 201-300 (Nov. 26, 2013 - Mar. 5, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 101-200 (Aug. 18, 2013 - Nov. 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1-100 (May 10, 2013 - Aug. 17, 2013)
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