Sunday, April 23, 2017
The IRS Scandal, Day 1445: 'True The Vote v. IRS' Lawyer: 'The Deep State Is Still Operating'
PJ Media, 'True the Vote v. IRS' Lawyer: 'The Deep State Is Still Operating':
A prominent constitutional attorney is sounding the alarm over Obama administration-style behavior by attorneys in President Trump's new administration. Jim Bopp, Jr., the attorney for the plaintiff in the landmark Citizens United suit, told PJ Media that he has seen no change in the attitude of government attorneys since Trump's inauguration:
The Deep State is still operating, no question. ...
I see no evidence the attitude of the IRS has changed. We have a new attorney general, and the Department of Justice is providing the lawyers to defend the IRS in this case. We've seen no change.
Bopp is currently involved with two similarly high-profile suits against the federal government and he says the Trump administration's defense attorneys are presenting arguments indistinguishable from those he faced during Obama's tenure.
In True the Vote v. IRS, election integrity watchdog True the Vote sued the federal government in 2013 over its targeting of pro-liberty non-profit groups for extra scrutiny. This case has wide implications for all non-profits that claimed their tax status was denied or delayed by Lois Lerner and a rogue IRS. ...
It boggles the mind that the IRS in a Trump administration would still be defending the actions of Lois Lerner and the notorious branch in Cincinnati. They had burdened groups with "Tea Party," "Liberty," "Constitution," and other related words in their title with mountains of extra paperwork to affirm their non-profit tax status. Yet, according to Bopp, that is indeed the case. ...
Bopp's observations come amid a renewed push by House Republicans to reopen the case against Lerner for possible prosecution. On April 9, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and Tax Policy Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting he reopen the probe.
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1444: Judicial Watch Sues IRS Over Email Preservation (Apr. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1442: Editorial Calls For Firing IRS Commissioner Koskinen (Apr. 20, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1441: Lois Lerner Remains Relevant On Tax Day (Apr. 19, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1438: Sessions Is Noncommittal On GOP Request To Reopen DOJ Probe Of Lois Lerner (Apr. 18, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1437: Lois Lerner Fears For Her Life, Asks Federal Court To Seal Her Upcoming Deposition Testimony (Apr. 15, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1434: How To Prevent The Next IRS Targeting Scandal (Apr. 12, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1433: House Oversight Committee Republicans Call On President Trump To Fire Commissioner Koskinen (Apr. 11, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1430: At Least 1 Top Republican in Congress Really Likes Commissioner Koskinen (Apr. 8, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1429: Commissioner Koskinen Says He Will Finish Term Despite GOP Calls To Step Down Immediately (Apr. 7, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1428: Fifteen Ways & Means Committee Republicans Urge Trump To Fire Commissioner Koskinen (Apr. 6, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1427: 54 Applications For Tax-Exempt Status Were Rejected In 2016; One Conservative Group Has Been Waiting For An Answer Since 2009 (Apr. 5, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1426: Obama’s IRS Chief Who Dodged Impeachment Continues Under Trump (Apr. 4, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1424: Conservatives Demand IRS Commissioner’s Head In White House Meeting (Apr. 2, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1421: More On A Hidden Cause Of The IRS Scandal (Mar. 30, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1420: A Hidden Cause (Mar. 29, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1417: Satan, Tea Parties, and the IRS (Mar. 26, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1416: The Root Problem Is The Law, Not The IRS (Mar. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1415: ‘Media Attention’ And IRS Abuse (Mar. 24, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1411: Why Did Donald Trump Fire Sally Yates And Preet Bharara, But Not John Koskinen? (Mar. 20, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1410: Judicial Watch Forces Disclosure Of New Documents (Mar. 19, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1409: 'After School Satan Club' Granted Tax-Exempt Status In 10 Days While Conservative Groups Waited Years (Mar. 18, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1408: Why Won't The Media Cover It? (Mar. 17, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1407: NY Post Editorial, Fire The IRS Chief Already, Mr. President (Mar. 16, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1404: Attorney General Sessions Weighs Appointing Special Counsel To Investigate Obama's Justice Department Scandals (Mar. 13, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1403: Should Koskinen Remain, Resign, Or Be Fired? (Mar. 12, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1402: IRS Locates 7,000 Documents Related To Tea Party Targeting (Mar. 11, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1301-1400 (Nov. 30, 2016 - Mar. 9, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1201-1300 (Aug. 22, 2016 - Nov. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1101-1200 (May 14, 2016 - Aug. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1001-1100 (Feb. 4, 2016 - May 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 901-1000 (Oct. 27, 2015 - Feb. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 801-900 (July 19, 2015 - Oct. 26, 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)
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2017/04/the-irs-scandal-day-1445true-the-vote-v-irs-lawyer-the-deep-state-is-still-operating.html
And Representative Cummings, the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, actually worked with the IRS to target this group before the scandal broke in 2013.
Why he was alowed to remain on the Oversight Committee is beyond me. The Chairman should've booted him all the way across town to the Agricultural Committee...
Posted by: MM | Apr 24, 2017 11:29:59 AM