Back to the IRS discussion. Three years old news. As I stated yesterday, conservatives whined and cried and got an apology. Liberal groups let the process work out and didn't make themselves a victim. So when Sessions become the AG he quickly settles with cry babies that he was once a part of. How's his campaign coming along?
Read CNN's IRS Scandal Fast Facts and learn about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal involving the alleged targeting of certain groups.
www.cnn.com
A federal watchdog investigating the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups said the agency also scrutinized liberal organizations.
www.nytimes.com
After three years of congressional hearings and three inspector-general audits, the scandal still ricochets around Capitol Hill.
www.npr.org
A federal watchdog has identified as many as 146 cases in which the Internal Revenue Service may have targeted liberal-leaning groups for extra scrutiny based on their names or political leanings, …
www.chicagotribune.com
Democrats cited Thursday’s report as vindication of their earlier claims that liberal-leaning groups were also caught up in the IRS practice.
www.politico.com
While the audit released Thursday by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration doesn't discuss the political leanings of the additional groups it identified, the criteria used by the IRS to flag groups based on their names or policy positions included left-leaning organizations and causes like “ACORN Successors,” “Green Energy,” “Medical Marijuana,” and “Progressive.”
Democrats cited Thursday’s report as vindication of their earlier claims that liberal-leaning groups were also caught up in the IRS practice.
“While handled poorly, groups on both sides of the political spectrum were treated the same in their efforts to secure tax-exempt status," said Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said, "Democrats should be outraged."
"The IRS targeted Americans based on their political beliefs. Both parties. They targeted heavily on the conservative side, but the point being — the IRS not only had no protections for taxpayers, they actively targeted Americans based on buzzwords,” he told reporters.
"The IRS targeted Americans based on their political beliefs. Both parties. T
hey targeted heavily on the conservative side, but the point being — the IRS not only had no protections for taxpayers, they actively targeted Americans based on buzzwords,” he told reporters.
Notice all of your “back up” which seems to have a lot of the same context and order, almost like they all came from the same source news article, use the word “target.”
Don’t see these "articles" address:
Who was approved.
Who was held up
Who had more protracted review process that ended with never getting approved.
Also most didn’t mention who started the new criteria. Didn't mention the lawsuit.
For the record, based on your source 'articles,' the targeting "Tea Party" was started in the IRS under Obama and had BOLO lists mostly targeting "Tea Party"
And to your quote:
"While the audit released Thursday by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
doesn't discuss the political leanings of the additional groups it identified, the criteria used by the IRS to flag groups based on their names or policy positions included left-leaning organizations and causes like “ACORN Successors,” “Green Energy,” “Medical Marijuana,” and “Progressive.”
Note the 'IG did not note what the criteria was.' So this is a weak try at linkage by the source article. And Wow that was vague as vague gets except for the Acorn Successor, which had no chance of being approved with the optics after being a dem cartel for voter and election fraud for possible the very president in office at the time. And the criteria of why those groups were reviewed was not detailed, and therefore not vailed as challenge. One is automatically disqualified because it is a scheduled ******* and as mentioned one was remake of a Dem voter fraud cartel.
So, really this is Politico’s opinion trying to fit there counter PR Narrative to cover for professional government and a president with a phone and pen. And again, all of these articles are Democrat opinion being quoted by Democrats with the same opinion pushing the same propaganda:
Quoting: "Democrats cited Thursday’s report as vindication of their earlier claims that liberal-leaning groups were also caught up in the IRS practice.
“While handled poorly, groups on both sides of the political spectrum were treated the same in their efforts to secure tax-exempt status," said Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)."
You have one Republican saying they should be mad. What does that mean, how was he asked, did he read the report?
Other bits from your sources:
"December 23 204-
The sixth report from the House Oversight Committee says that the IRS "systematically targeted" conservative groups, and places blame on Lerner and seven other IRS officials. According to the report, "The fact-finding is not yet complete." Another 30,000 emails to and from Lerner have been recently recovered which will also be looked at."
"October 26, 2017; The Justice Department announces that it has settled multiple lawsuits over the IRS targeting Scandal. In a statement, Attorney
General Jeff Sessions says it was "clear" that the IRS was "using inappropriate criteria to screen applications" for tax-exempt status under the Obama administration from tea party or conservative groups."
Is this really the “counter proof” that shows “liberal” groups were targeted? Come on a 1st day laws student knows this has no chance.
And don't forget The Conservative Groups were the only groups sueing.