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Republican IRS agent says Cincinnati began 'Tea Party' inquiries
Reuters ^ | 6/9/13 | David Morgan and Kim Dixon

Posted on 06/09/2013 3:16:01 PM PDT by jimbo123

A U.S. Internal Revenue Service manager, who described himself as a conservative Republican, told congressional investigators that he and a local colleague decided to give conservative groups the extra scrutiny that has prompted weeks of political controversy.

In an official interview transcript released on Sunday by Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, the manager said he and an underling set aside "Tea Party" and "patriot" groups that had applied for tax-exempt status because the organizations appeared to pose a new precedent that could affect future IRS filings.

Cummings, top Democrat on the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee conducting the probe, told CNN's "State of the Union" program that the manager's comments provided evidence that politics was not behind IRS actions that have fueled a month-long furor in Washington.

"He is a conservative Republican working for the IRS. I think this interview and these statements go a long way toward showing that the White House was not involved in this," Cummings told CNN's "State of the Union" program.

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To: lodi90
“What exactly is the GOP action plan? I don’t see it. They have done nothing but hold a debate club meeting. Cummings and the Dims are running circles around Issa and Camp. Boehner has been almost completely MIA on the IRS”

We can hope not this time, but history tells us the Dumb Party is now watching the laser pointer buzzing around the ceiling courtesy of President Jarrett

41 posted on 06/09/2013 3:51:42 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Brad from Tennessee

“They were treated “in a consistent way.”

And, of course, this new “revelation” does nothing to address the fact that confidential conservative donor lists were disclosed to left-wing groups.

Did the “conservative Republican” agree to fall on his sword for those felonies, too? I seriously doubt it.

I suspect this “conservative Republican IRS agent” is a figment of Mr. Cummings’ age-addled mind.


42 posted on 06/09/2013 3:53:02 PM PDT by Stingray (Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.)
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To: jimbo123

And Benghazi was due to a video that no one saw./s


43 posted on 06/09/2013 3:55:59 PM PDT by RedMDer (You are Free Republic. There are no outside influences. Just us, all of us. Please donate today!)
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To: KittenClaws
Liberals must be pretty damn stupid to think we are this stupid.

They know were not that stupid. And they don't care. This will give the MSM enough to feed to the low-info voters. They will swallow it.

44 posted on 06/09/2013 3:56:56 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
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To: jimbo123

Headline is interesting too:

“Republican IRS agent says Cincinnati began ‘Tea Party’ inquiries”

DECEPTIVE. The proper headline would be:
“Leading Democrat Claims Republican IRS agent says Cincinnati began ‘Tea Party’ inquiries”

Reuters DOES NOT claim to know his name. How could they check out the story? Why did the run with their headline? Of course the answer is OBVIOUS, but it also shows just how evil the media is now.


45 posted on 06/09/2013 3:57:21 PM PDT by BobL (To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
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To: jimbo123

And what are the names of the public servants who “began the TEA Party inquiries”? Conservative inquiring minds want to know.


46 posted on 06/09/2013 3:57:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
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To: jimbo123

have him testify under oath

47 posted on 06/09/2013 3:57:47 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: jimbo123

And close to retirement? Likes oak and mountain cabins? Fall guy!


48 posted on 06/09/2013 3:58:34 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: jimbo123
Elijah Cummings say's?? Yeah right!

On October 4, Cummings sent True the Vote a letter accusing the group of engaging in a “criminal conspiracy”

He has no reason to lie right? It's not like he's involved in the IRS targeting or anything, Right?

49 posted on 06/09/2013 3:59:39 PM PDT by swamprebel (a Constitution once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.)
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To: jimbo123

Cummings has an IQ of around 50.


50 posted on 06/09/2013 4:00:10 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: jimbo123

51 posted on 06/09/2013 4:01:36 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Hardraade
Cummings has an IQ of around 50.

..OK...2

52 posted on 06/09/2013 4:03:05 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Stingray
I suspect this “conservative Republican IRS agent” is a figment of Mr. Cummings’ age-addled mind.

More likely, A large staff of DNC brainstormers came up with this in an 'emergency' meeting Saturday night.

53 posted on 06/09/2013 4:03:46 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Hardraade

How generous of you. :=)


54 posted on 06/09/2013 4:06:04 PM PDT by Bob
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To: lodi90

Darrell Issa tweets this afternoon:

“Cummings extreme & reckless assertions signal that his true motivation is stopping oversight & he has no genuine interest in exposing truth”


55 posted on 06/09/2013 4:07:21 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: jimbo123

I posted when this broke that the use of tea-party as a Be on the Lookout (BOLO) could be easily explained, but the questions are what are the real problem and represent the purposeful harassment of conservatives.

Cummings is a Democrat flack - his job is to contain the problem with the Cinn. Office and keep it away from the White house. What did you expect?

Don’t know if Carter Hull is the one who “thought up the use of invasive questions” but I wish the Republicans would use the phrase “Follow the Questions!”


56 posted on 06/09/2013 4:08:38 PM PDT by glm
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To: cpdiii
Obama getting new bus.


57 posted on 06/09/2013 4:09:03 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: jimbo123

What BS! What conservative Republican would admit to having taking it upon himself to target conservatives (Tea Party, Constitution supporting, etc.) in this kind of way?

Pure BS!


58 posted on 06/09/2013 4:09:11 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: jimbo123

Sounds “severely conservative” to me...


59 posted on 06/09/2013 4:11:09 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: jimbo123
What about other conservative groups who were targeted, conservative religious groups and large conservative donors?
This *Republican* agent in Ohio must have been one busy bastard.
60 posted on 06/09/2013 4:14:26 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Trey Gowdy......Nuff said.)
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