Lois Lerner
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Law and Government
BOMBSHELL: New documents implicate John McCain in IRS’s targeting of conservative groups
An explosive new report from conservative watchdog Judicial Watch implicates Sen. John McCain, if indirectly, in the 2013 IRS scandal in…
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Politics
Justice Dept. had ‘powerful case’ against IRS in Tea Party targeting scandal but sat on its thumbs
Two sets of laws in operation
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Unyielding
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
FBI expanding Clinton email probe again, investigating ‘materially false statements’
How does she look in an orange jumpsuit?
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Law and Government
DOJ that COLLUDED in IRS targeting of conservatives will bring no charges against Lois Lerner
Up yours, said the government to the citizens.
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Law and Government
Justice Dept. tells Congress it will not pursue charges against Lois Lerner
During his three decades as president (which is how long it sometimes seems), Barack Obama has emphasized repeatedly his dedication…
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Economy
Is the IRS in cahoots with the Clinton Foundation?
Does anyone remember Henry Markopolos? In case you don’t, he was the former securities industry executive who for nine years…
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Law and Government
House Oversight Committee to Obama: Get rid of IRS chief or we will
Sick and tired of the obfuscation and out-and-out lying, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee on Monday called on President Obama…
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Law and Government
Smoking gun: IRS used Tea Party donor lists to target audits
So it wasn’t a coincidence. The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch reports having obtained IRS documents that prove that the tax agency used…
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Law and Government
New docs show DOJ, IRS, FBI sought criminal charges against Obama opponents
Today, the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch today released new Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents…
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Law and Government
Z Street court victory could ‘blow the lid’ off the IRS scandal
Perhaps the smallest and least funded organization involved in the IRS scandal may turn out to be the one that blows the…
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Law and Government
Federal court issues ruling compelling IRS to provide answers on Lerner emails
The watchdog group Judicial Watch announced today that Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
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Law and Government
Judges tear IRS lawyers new one for arguing agency free to discriminate against U.S. citizens
Attorneys for the Internal Revenue Service made an argument to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday that was so…
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Politics
Jason Mattera joins cast of new Warner Bros. TV show
Our buddy and author of “Crapitalism” (reviewed here) Jason Mattera is going small. Which is to say he is headed…
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Law and Government
Miracle: IRS Inspector General finds 6,400 ‘missing’ Lois Learner emails
It’s a real life miracle! Remember when IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress there was no way that Lois Lerner’s…
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Law and Government
As filing deadline looms, IRS ignoring 60% of taxpayer calls
You have reached the Internal Revenue Service. Your call is not important to us. Do not stay on the line.…
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Law and Government
House committee issues subpoena for EPA chief’s ‘deleted’ text messages
Obama’s right. There’s not a smidgen of corruption in his administration. There’s a torrent of it, from former secretary of state Hillary…
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Media
The six stages of scandal (Emailgate just moved into Stage 4)
The facts concerning Hillary Clinton’s most recent scandal — “Emailgate” — may be unique, but the media coverage in our…
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Unyielding
Oops! Among IRS emails unearthed is one by Lerner that pretty much admits cover-up
Here’s hoping for Lois Lerner’s sake that orange is her color and that she looks good in jumpsuits. As noted…
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Law and Government
30,000 lost Lois Lerner emails found (Video)
Remember John Koskinen, IRS commissioner? Better known to film buffs as Yoda’s dumber brother, Koskinen told Congress in June that former IRS official…
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Law and Government
Lois Lerner tries busting into neighbor’s home to avoid questions (Video)
When disgraced former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was confronted by a conservative author and publisher in her neighborhood…
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Quick Takes
Video: How to spot a lie
No, the answer is not to look and see if Barack Obama’s lips are moving, although that’s a sure-fire method, too.…
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Law and Government
Email reveals Lois Lerner ignored political expenditures by labor unions
The official at the center of the IRS tea party scandal once dismissed complaints that labor unions were not reporting…
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Law and Government
Trey Gowdy grills law professor on ***holes and conflict of interest (Video)
The grilling by U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., directed at a witness brought in by Democratic House committee members Wednesday…
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Law and Government
New email shows Lois Lerner calling conservatives ‘a**holes’
Come on, Lois, tell us how you really feel about your political enemies. A new email exchange released by the…
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Law and Government
Z Street: The case that could blow the lid off the IRS scandal
In August of 2010, almost three years before Lois Lerner announced at a law conference that the IRS had indeed…
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
Kudos to Dem Senator Claire McCaskill for calling out arrogant IRS commissioner
It takes a special brand of partisan self-delusion to watch IRS Commissioner John Koskinen make a circus out of his…
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Law and Government
IRS will likely step up attacks on free speech after 2014 election
Earlier, we wrote about how proposed IRS regulations would gag 501(c)(4) groups—and potentially 501(c)(3) groups like think tanks as well—by…
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Quick Takes
Video: ‘Will Negroes riot if Obama get [sic] impeached?’
It’s a question that has come up before, but it is well worth revisiting in the context of the burgeoning…
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