|
|
The
views expressed
on this page are soley those of the author and do not
necessarily
represent the views of County News Online
|
 |
Townhall
Issa: The IRS
is Still Targeting Conservatives
Katie Pavlich
Jul 24, 2015
Shortly after pleading the Fifth and claiming her innocence in front of
the House Oversight Committee in May 2013, former IRS official Lois
Lerner took three months of paid leave and then retired with a full
pension. During her time at the IRS she received more than $100,000 in
bonuses. Lerner, of course, is the woman who was at the center of the
IRS targeting scandal and met with DOJ attorneys in an effort to find a
way to criminally prosecute tea party groups opposed to President
Obama's political agenda.
But Lerner wasn't the only IRS official who got off without
consequences for turning the country's most powerful government agency
into a political weapon used against everyday American citizens. Not a
single persona was fired as a result of the agency targeting
conservatives.
As a result, the behavior at the IRS hasn't changed and according to
former Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, the IRS is still
engaged in bad behavior and targeting of conservative groups.
Earlier this week, Judicial Watch released a trove of documents
confirming the IRS used donor lists of conservative tax exempt
organizations to target individual donors giving money to causes in
opposition to President Obama's agenda...
Read the rest of the article with video at Townhall
|
|
|
|
