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| FBI Launches Criminal Probe of IRS Conduct |
| 2013-05-15 |
| h/t Instapundit Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of whether Internal Revenue Service employees broke the law when they targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status — the latest setback for an agency that is the subject of withering bipartisan criticism and multiple congressional inquiries. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that the Justice Department and the FBI began the probe after the IRS acknowledged that it selected conservative groups with the words “tea party” and “patriot” in their names for special reviews. “We are examining the facts to see if there were criminal violations,” Holder said at a news conference. Another day, another cover-up. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 Anyone know what YouTube video caused the IRS to activate their terror tactics against Tea Party groups? |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-05-15 19:56 |
| #7 Hmmmm....right. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-15 17:10 |
| #6 Why do aphorisms about foxes and hen-houses keep running through my head? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-05-15 16:39 |
| #5 So its up to Holder to "investigate" the wrongdoing by IRS personnel in support of liberal politics? The same Holder that intervened to call off the investigation of voter intimidation by the Black Panthers? The failure to prosecute any of the bankers involved in the scams that caused the near collapse of the banking system? Left off the inside dealers (Like the former Senator from NJ)? Yeah, pull the other one. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-05-15 15:09 |
| #4 Seems completely up-and-up, with no reason whatsoever to not trust that one partisan government group would give a truthful, unbiased appraisal of another partisan government group. [/sarc] I'll help them by preparing a draft of their expected results: "Nope. Nothing weird going on. Everything appears just fine here." |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2013-05-15 13:10 |
| #3 I would like to know if the FBI was notified in the past about this with enough weight to warrant an investigation and did not investigate it. |
| Posted by: jefe101 2013-05-15 11:07 |
| #2 Sgt Schultz prepares for the investigation with all haste and dispatch. |
| Posted by: Kofi Gonque5324 2013-05-15 08:46 |
| #1 Sgt. Schultz will be in charge. Right now, he knows nothing, but SOP. he will see and hear nothing as well. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-05-15 08:34 |