New Emails: Democratic Senator Pressured IRS To Target Groups

dailycaller.com ^ | 5/14/2014 | Patrick Howley

[rktman]

The IRS’ Washington, D.C. headquarters targeted conservative groups in part due to pressure from Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, according to emails obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch and reviewed by The Daily Caller.

Levin, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ permanent subcommittee on investigations, wrote a March 30, 2012 letter to then-IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman discussing the “urgency” of the issue of possible political activity by nonprofit applicants. Levin asked if the IRS was sending out additional information requests to applicant groups and citing an IRS rejection letter to a conservative group as an example of how the IRS should be conducting its business.

[rktman]

Only a crime for conservatives. Libs/progs/socialists/commies......SOP.

[2001convSVT]

If convicted of using a Federal agency to persecute a political enemy what might the defendant be facing? I would like to bring back hanging, but I have no clue as to what the punishment might be?

[MrB]

See, that’s the whole problem with government malfeasance.
There are not enough individual consequences.

I’m experiencing this on a county level. The people that are arbitrary and capricious, “ruling” on a whim and screwing with people’s lives and livelihood never have any consequences, so they keep doing it.

[cripplecreek]

Newest Terri Land campaign ad. Kind of standard but straightforward and informative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgREGcJ-OTc

[Darren McCarty]

Thank God that piece of crap is retiring.

[txrefugee]

What about Congressman Cummings? Oh, that’s right. He wouldn’t know how to email......