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Holder launches probe into IRS targeting of Tea Party groups
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| 5/14/13
| Fox
Posted on 05/14/2013 2:00:12 PM PDT by Nachum
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that he's ordered a Justice Department probe into an IRS program that singled out Tea Party and other conservative groups for additional scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status.
Holder announced the investigation during a press conference in Washington. He said the FBI was coordinating with the Department of Justice to see if any laws were broken. He called the practice "outrageous and unacceptable," echoing remarks from President Obama a day earlier.
The probe comes as newly obtained documents show the current IRS chief knew about the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups as early as May 2012 and other officials in Washington were clued in more than a year before that.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: holder; holderfox; holderweasel; irs; irsscandal; probe; specialprosecutor; targeting
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:00:12 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:00:40 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:00:50 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: Nachum
When did he do that? In 2010 or 2008?
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:01:02 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: Nachum
Color me skeptical..........
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:01:28 PM PDT
by
basil
(basil --Second Amendment Sisters.org)
To: onyx
Fall-guy lists being prepared as we type.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:01:44 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Nachum
In other news, Hannibal Lecter is heading up a task force to end cannibalism.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:02:27 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Nachum
Fletch: “Thank God, the... police”
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:02:28 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: SpaceBar
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:02:36 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: SpaceBar
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:03:04 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:03:48 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Nachum
Just like Captain Renault investigating gambling at Ricks!
To: Nachum
Now give it the Full Reno: since it is being investigated by the DOJ, no one can comment on it any longer and it would be inappropriate for the press to look any further because of the risk of corrupting the prosecution. Then quietly drop it a year or so later.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:05:10 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
To: Nachum
Holder is the fox guarding the henhouse not the sheepdog guarding the sheep.
Need I mention Fast and Furious....
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:06:06 PM PDT
by
Newbomb Turk
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.")
To: Nachum
Look over hear everyone IRS IRS IRS, Forget Benghazi...
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:06:32 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Nachum
Look in the mirror, Holder!
To: Nachum
Holder has used this trick before. Once the “investigation” is started, the Justice Dept. can ignore all press and Congressional requests for information on the topic by saying, “We’re in the middle of an investigation.” They stall until the smoking guns are lost and the public has lost interest.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:08:08 PM PDT
by
RicocheT
(Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
To: Nachum
“Holder launches probe into IRS targeting of Tea Party groups”
And tomorrow: IRS to audit Holder.
And then: Congress to probe Holder and IRS.
And so on...
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:12:16 PM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: RicocheT
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:13:09 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Nachum
The fox shall make a thorough investigation of the hen house.
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posted on
05/14/2013 2:13:44 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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