Posted on 04/24/2005 12:14:30 PM PDT by wagglebee
Top Democrats are reportedly trying to deep-six the findings of an independent counsel probe into former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros that uncovered evidence the Clinton White House used the Internal Revenue Service to audit political enemies.
The probe's final report – now in the hands of a three-judge panel – reportedly says that the Clinton IRS "sometimes audited Clinton critics without good cause," according to the New York Daily News. Independent counsel David Barrett launched his investigation in 1995, based on evidence that Cisneros had lied about payments to his mistress. The probe expanded into a broader obstruction case involving alleged tax fraud, the News said – which led to a review of suspicious audits.
But the facts may never come out, if Sen. Byron Dorgan and Sen. John Kerry get their way.
Saying Barrett's probe "should have ended years ago," the two top Democrats attached an amendment to a spending bill Tuesday to cut off his funding by June 1. Two sources close to the investigation told the News that if the legislation becomes law, it will prevent Barrett from releasing his findings.
At least a dozen Clinton witnesses – including Sexgate accusers Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Elizabeth Ward Gracen and Juanita Broaddrick – were targeted by audits during the 1990s.
Conservative groups critical of the Clinton administration were also audited, including the Christian Coalition, Citizens for a Sound Economy, the Freedom Alliance, the Heritage Foundation, the NRA and others.
Barrett's report is also said to allege that Justice Department officials snuffed out a tax case against Cisneros.
Our Founding Fathers would call us COWARDS and TRAITORS for letting this go on.
The Clinton administration used the IRS as a political weapon? Why that is nothing compared to the fact John Bolton forgot to buy one of his co-workers a get well card in 1985!!!
/sarcasm
Our Founding Fathers would not have been opposed to tarring and feathering people like this!
Yawnnnnnnn. More of the same. It doesn't matter if the results are released, nothing will come of it.
If it doesn't matter, then why are the Dems trying so hard to hide it? :)
Old news that was buried by the MSM and the DeMARXocrats. I am sure there are many more reports that the dems deep-six for Clinton and Hitlery. Lots and lots of Arkicides and accidental deaths including plane crashes.
Sorry, just being sarcastic. But with everything the Clintons have gotton away with, what would make me think anything will come of this?
Patience is a virtue :)
I've waited 53 Christmases to see Santa, too...
frankly I suspect both parties have used the IRS to get revenge or silence people
it is standard operating procedure for the powerful
though it looks like there is concrete proof this time
um, might I add there seems to be something very wrong when the people being investigated control the funding for the investigation, how did that happen?
yes I understand the government controls the general budgets of the investigating arms of government but how it is they control the budget of one specific investigation, that's not kosher....someone needs to change that rule
Hmmm. Methinks that Barrett should do a total document dump on the Internet on May 31. Let the sun shine in.
I think this potential high scandal is one of the very best bad examples of the MSMs selective indignation.
There are, of course many such good, bad examples, but this will serve us well because the scandalish information is so very transparent and because all taxpayers (and thus voters) have a healthy fear of the IRS.
Seems to have struck quite a nerve, too. One wonders if Hillary's DNA might be all over these audits.
We should bring this potential scandal frequently in the next few election cycles. We, apparently, have the Dems attempting to cover up IRS abuses and Stalinist attempts to silence and destroy dissenters and whistle-blowers
Can anyone post a pic of Daddy Bush and Bubba snuggling on the plane, or just hugging each other?
ping everyone ya know. I am tired of our Senators backing down.
Bad News.....our guys folded. We have a majority in the senate...and the dems still pulled off this cover up.
http://dorgan.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=236798
Here is the press release form Dorgan's office. Funny how the release does not mention the part about the fact that this may prevent info about Clinton's misuse of the IRS from getting out there.
He screams about waste of tax payer money....WELL...what about the waste of money that it takes to have the IRS go off on political witch hunts?????
Some things are worth the wait :)
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