Posted on 05/17/2013 11:39:29 AM PDT by penelopesire
By Jon Cassidy | Watchdog.org
HOUSTON — Since filing for tax exemption at a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2010, the founders of True the Vote, a Houston-based group that tries to prevent elections fraud, have been overwhelmed with scrutiny from a host of government agencies, in particular, by the Internal Revenue Service.
. TRUE THE VOTE: Catherine Engelbrecht’s organization has revealed multiple cases of voters casting ballots in two states in the same election. Catherine and Bryan Englebrecht have suffered through 18 separate encounters with five government agencies, from surprise audits to FBI visits to never-ending demands for paperwork.
The government has been scrutinizing True the Vote, the Engelbrechts’ tea party group, which is called King Street Patriots, and the family’s oil services manufacturing business.
King Street Patriots sought tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit.
Engelbrecht kept silent about all this scrutiny for more than two years, but after the abuse-of-power stories coming out of Washington this past week, she decided to go public, appearing on several conservative talk radio shows this week.
True the Vote spokesman Logan Churchwell sent Watchdog.org a timeline of the encounters, which include two unscheduled audits by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, six visits or phone calls by the Federal Bureau of Investigation looking for domestic terrorists, five rounds of questioning by the IRS over True the Vote’s application and one round over King Street Patriot’s application, both of which were filed in July 2010, and neither of which has been approved yet.
That’s not to mention the IRS audit (they actually got money back) or the audit by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and another by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Most of the audits went fine, aside from the hassle of having to shut down operations for the day, although OSHA “handed down a four grand fine where somebody didn’t have a seat belt on,” he said.
The most persistent and intrusive agency has been the IRS. Each round of questioning built on the round before, asking as many as 40 questions, with five or more parts to each question.
“Imagine it’s the worst essay test you ever took in college,” Churchwell said.
The IRS basically wanted every piece of paper True the Vote had, plus printouts of every page on its website, and every tweet or Facebook post the group had ever made.
It would take around 300 pages of material to answer a round of questions, Churchwell said. True the Vote would be given two weeks assemble and return all the materials under pain of having its application cancelled, according to the IRS letter he provided.
Questions included:
“You stated the organization may create documentaries. Provide copies of any completed documentaries including printed transcripts. “In regards to the organization’s public education activities you state the organization seeks to educate the public and influential individuals. Define influential individuals.” Contact Jon Cassidy at jon@watchdog.org or @jpcassidy000.
visit site...more info about other abuses of power!
They need to get names and prosecute. Corruption and abuse is so ingrained in our government that cleaning house is the only solution. Jail time for the offenders is the only way to get these people to stop persecuting patriotic Americans.
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Obama IRS file
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Congressional Republicans need to start subpoenaing detailed records from these other agencies to track down the indications of coordination. Get the folks directly involved to start testifying UNDER OATH. They will be frantic to avoid saying anything that could get them convicted of lying under oath so the questioning will have to be intelligent, UNRELENTING (recognize and don’t accept evasive “non-answers”).
THERE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CORRUPTION & CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT HAS EXISTED AND NEEDS TO BE UNCOVERED AND PUNISHED!
Holder will just say he has it under investigation and can’t discuss it. It is time for special prosecutors to dig through every executive branch.
We have DHS targeting conservatives, Christians, gun rights advocates and our own military for special scrutiny in terrorist training manuals, etc.too
Every branch of government is being systematically used by this administration to target their political opposition for harassment, persecution, intimidation, and destruction.
This lists of abuses just goes on and on..added all up..it is extremely frightening and impeachable IMHO.
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It's not a scandal or a situation...it's ABUSE, at it's worst.
Check this out!
” Every branch of government is being systematically used by this administration to target their political opposition for harassment, persecution, intimidation, and destruction.”
Where are our “fearless” leaders in the House & Senate?
Funny how a couple of low-level IRS employees in Cincy were able to get the ATF, FBI, etc. to do their bidding as well.
Does anybody investigate suspected terrorists this intensely?
The FEC is crooked too. Run by the Rat’s and does not police anything.
Shortly after filing for True the Vote’s 501(c3) status with the IRS and beginning her efforts to ensure voter accountability, a myriad of federal agencies entered her life. Not only did they IRS began sending a series of probing and exhaustive questionnaires, but they began to audit both Engelbrecht personally and her businesses.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began to call her with questions, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) began to do surprise audits of one of her businesses, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began to audit one of her businesses, and a Texas state environmental agency began an audit as well.
I totally agree! This is widespread through every executive branch.
The plethora of excuses, new versions and finger-pointing in this scandal strongly suggest that no one has gotten to the source of the fire, yet!
IMO, this is the work of zero and his thugocrats!
And, the scandals are stacking up - Birthergate, Fast and Furiousgate, Benghazigate and now IRSgate. Sooner or later, even though it will come out the same as Clinton, the House is going to either have to file impeachment charges or go home!
Yep..perhaps the whole executive branch is being run out of Cincinnati now....lol.
Short answer...no.
Socialist plants...every one of them...only explanation for this, I swear!
Thanks for link Jane. this info needs to get out!
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