During the 2012 presidential election campaign, Obama stepped up his attack on the Constitutional rights of political opponents, by instructing the IRS to engage in the deliberate suppression, harassment, and intimidation of Tea Party and conservative groups.
Judicial Watch has been pursuing the investigation and demanding answers.
From Judicial Watch.
Judicial Watch is asking a federal appellate court to overturn a lower court’s ruling allowing the Obama Justice Department to withhold records detailing the number of hours that agency attorney Barbara Bosserman expended on the investigation of the IRS targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections cycles. The opening appellate brief was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on February 16, 2016 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 15-5271)).
This lawsuit forced the Obama Justice Department to confirm the existence of a criminal investigation into the IRS’ abuses and that Bosserman, a major donor to Obama’s political campaigns and the Democratic National Committee, was part of the team of lawyers criminally investigating the issue. (On October 23, 2015, the Justice Department announced in a letter that it would not press any charges over the IRS abuse scandal.)
In 2014, Judicial Watch filed a 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records detailing the number of hours Bosserman expended on the IRS matter. In 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the agency had properly withheld the Bosserman records under the “attorney work product doctrine.” Judicial Watch argues to the appellate court:
“[T]he Department presented no evidence whatsoever that the records requested by Judicial Watch were created in anticipation of litigation. The District Court also did not make such a finding. Instead the Department argued and the court ruled that some of the information contained in the responsive records was protected by the attorney work product doctrine. Because the requested records were created in the ordinary course of business – to assist senior officials in their management responsibilities – the records do not fall within the scope of the attorney work product doctrine. The records are being improperly withheld in their entirety.”
In early January 2014, then-Attorney General Eric Holder reportedly appointed Bosserman to oversee the IRS investigation despite her substantial political activities. According to Federal Election Commission records, Bosserman contributed $6,750 to Obama’s campaigns and the DNC from 2004 to 2012, including 12 separate contributions to Obama for America between 2008 and 2012. Then- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Darryl Issa (R-CA) called the Bosserman appointment “a startling conflict of interest [that has] compromised the Administration’s investigation of the IRS.”
“All Judicial Watch wants is the number of hours that the Obama donor/Justice Department lawyer spent investigating the worst IRS abuse in American history,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The failure to bring charges in the IRS scandal only adds to the public interest in finding out more details about the involvement of the Obama/Democratic Party donor in the criminal investigation.”
What better way to ‘investigate’ your own corruption than to appoint a crony to do it?
All of them belong in jail; Lerner, Holder, and Obama.
It was a concerted effort between the IRS, Obama, and the DOJ to shut down Tea Party patriots, because the movement helped obtain a GOP House majority and also reflects a large population of Americans who are fed up with Barky’s corruption.
Lois Lerner lied her ass off under oath, and destroyed hard drives, emails, and documents in an attempt to cover up the illegal targeting. They also planned to throw innocent people in jail.
Of course, since Obama directed the crime and the DOJ does his bidding, no charges are being brought against the agency. The FBI also refuses to bring charges, even though the evidence of corruption and abuse of office is overwhelming.
Let’s see….commit a crime in violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments, lie about it under oath, and tamper with evidence….so when is the fucking prosecution????
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https://sfcmac.com/irs-commissioner-grilled-on-targeting-of-tea-party/
https://sfcmac.com/lois-i-take-the-fifth-lerner-retires-from-irs/
Related article:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/tag/irs-targeting-scandal/