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WILLIAM HENCK: MY IRS ORDEAL
Powerline ^ | 22 Aug, 2017 | SCOTT JOHNSON

Posted on 08/23/2017 7:34:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber

The IRS was at the center of the deepest scandals of the Obama administration. Bill Henck gave us a look from his perspective inside the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel, where he has worked as an attorney for 30 years. In 2014 we posted Bill’s personal account of a retaliatory audit conducted by the IRS against him in “Inside the IRS.”

We followed up with subsequent posts by Bill including, most recently, “Inside the IRS, part 8,” in which Bill argued that “[t]he rule of law at the IRS died” had died following a lengthy illness and that “[t]he immediate cause of death was IRS attorney executives giving themselves large bonuses and then illegally keeping those bonuses secret.” Readers can access all of Bill’s pieces for us by clicking on “Inside the IRS.”

In June 2016 Washington Post reporter Steven Mufson chronicled Henck’s ordeal inside the IRS in “Is the IRS getting back at an in-house critic?” Answer, I’m pretty sure: Yes. Mufson now returns to the story of Bill’s ordeal in “IRS whistle blower who questioned paper industry tax break fights to keep his job.” Bill provides this update for for Power Line readers in his own words:

The Washington Post article appeared yesterday afternoon. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Steve Mufson and I appreciate his coverage of this story. I offered to waive my privacy rights if IRS executives would go on the record with Steve, but I guess they didn’t want any part of him. I would like to add several thoughts that your readers may be interested in:

Every workday I walk past a mural in downtown Richmond that states, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: corruption; dsj02; irs

1 posted on 08/23/2017 7:34:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

A part of the swamp that really needs to be drained.


2 posted on 08/23/2017 7:34:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Drained, filled in, planted over and forgotten.

Our very own Gestapo.


3 posted on 08/23/2017 7:41:45 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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4 posted on 08/23/2017 7:43:09 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

She’s got the infamous HRC smirk! Lock her up!


5 posted on 08/23/2017 7:44:15 PM PDT by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: MtnClimber

Sounds like typical corrupt government.


6 posted on 08/23/2017 7:44:31 PM PDT by jurroppi1 (The Left doesnÂ’t have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: Kalamata

Thats not an HRC Smirk.

She’s laughing at the “law and order” candidate.

The one campaign promise Trump made that I really wanted him to make good on was to drain the swamp. Not gonna happen.

Either Trump does not care or the corruption is too strong.

Very disappointed.


7 posted on 08/23/2017 7:49:30 PM PDT by RepRivFarm ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell)
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To: gaijin

You think Mussolini reincarnated as Lois Lerner?


8 posted on 08/23/2017 8:20:29 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: MtnClimber

Repeal the 16th!


9 posted on 08/23/2017 8:25:17 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: MtnClimber

You and plenty of others.


10 posted on 08/23/2017 9:20:51 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: MtnClimber

Cut their budget. A LOT!


11 posted on 08/23/2017 9:21:18 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Kalamata

Lock Koskinen up also!!!


12 posted on 08/24/2017 2:52:40 AM PDT by FES0844 (G)
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To: RepRivFarm

>>Either Trump does not care or the corruption is too strong.
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He cares.

It is difficult to absorb the breadth and depth of entrenched worldwide governmental infrastructure corruption. So many retired and no longer living gov’t employees (in leadership/supervisory positions) have shared what they saw in their careers.

Luciferian, pedophilia, and wealth-intertwined networks serve their own interests to the detriment of the the Forgotten Man. I’ve no doubt what we witnessed in PDJT’s election to the presidency was direct divine intervention.

Only God knows how much DJT will be able to drain the swamp. That’s why we continue to pray and ask God’s blessing on this man and his Administration.

Nevertheless, I share the disappointment and impatience. So far, I see Sessions as their most potent weapon against us. In the game of chess, it is a “check”, but hopefully not checkmate!


13 posted on 08/24/2017 9:15:19 AM PDT by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: FES0844

>>Lock Koskinen up also!!!
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From your lips to God’s Ears!


14 posted on 08/24/2017 9:16:05 AM PDT by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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