...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies...
open an investigation into the Clinton Foundation's tax-exempt status, questioning whether the organization has broken faith with its charitable mission by hiding some donations.
The foundation, associated with former President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of
is...
, his wife, Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Rodham Clinton... sometimes described as
The Heroine of Tuzlaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Richelieu...
, and their daughter, has been in the news as Mrs. Clinton's campaign ramps up.
Foundation officials have admitted they made an "error" in inaccurately reporting certain types of grants, and have had to correct their filings.
"Media reports containing specific allegations have cast a cloud over the Clinton Foundation and call into question whether it is acting within the scope of its charitable mission for which it was originally granted tax-exempt status," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, who led the letter, signed by 51 other House politicians.
The letter was to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, and accused the foundation of using "the cloak of philanthropy" to facilitate major business deals for Clinton pals -- including during the time Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state in the B.O. regime.
The Clinton Foundation didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.