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Fundraising Starts for Lois Lerner’s Legal Bills
Roll Call ^ | 5-23-2014 | Kent Cooper

Posted on 05/23/2014 3:53:13 PM PDT by smoothsailing

May 23, 2014

Fundraising Starts for Lois Lerner’s Legal Bills

By Kent Cooper

A fundraising effort has started to help pay the legal bills of former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner.

On May 7th, the House of Representatives approved a contempt citation against Lois G. Lerner, former Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, for “refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform.” Lerner handled matters relating to the tax-exempt status of organizations.

This week’s fundraising letter was addressed to former employees of the Federal Election Commission, where Lerner worked prior to the Internal Revenue Service. The letter, states, in part:

“We are quite concerned about the heavy financial burden (not to mention the psychological burden) these partisan actions have imposed on Lois. She has lost her job, been subjected to death threats, and has been forced to incur significant costs in retaining legal counsel. Hence, we’ve decided that we must do what we can to help her. Clearly, we cannot get Lois her job back or stop the hate mail. However, we can reach out to others to seek help in defraying her legal defense expenses.”

The letter was signed by two former employees of the Commission.

Editor’s note: This letter was received by the post’s writer, who is a former FEC employee.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: irs; loislerner; teaparty
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1 posted on 05/23/2014 3:53:13 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Is it possible to give a negative amount?


2 posted on 05/23/2014 3:54:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: smoothsailing

I would provide financial help if she would provide concrete proof that Obama knew about and directed the IRS abuses.


3 posted on 05/23/2014 3:54:57 PM PDT by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell)
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To: smoothsailing
and she's going to claim it as INCOME... RIGHT???
4 posted on 05/23/2014 3:55:34 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: smoothsailing

Has she been properly approved of as a non-profit organization by the IRS yet?


5 posted on 05/23/2014 3:56:53 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: smoothsailing

I’ll kick in to pay for an orange jumpsuit.


6 posted on 05/23/2014 3:57:43 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Billthedrill

:)


7 posted on 05/23/2014 3:58:49 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: smoothsailing

If I didn’t have to pay postage, I would send her a bag of dog shit!


8 posted on 05/23/2014 4:00:14 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: smoothsailing

The writer needs to give up the names of the people who put out the letter.


9 posted on 05/23/2014 4:03:36 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: dalereed

Some folks like to return self-addressed, postage-paid fundraising envelopes empty to non-profits they don’t like. The cost to the organization is at least triple what postage would be if paid by the sender.


10 posted on 05/23/2014 4:04:19 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: smoothsailing
She has lost her job, been subjected to death threats, and has been forced to incur significant costs

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Lost her job? She retired before she could be questioned.

11 posted on 05/23/2014 4:04:36 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL, if only.

Maybe she could sell that million dollar mansion she lives in that our tax dollars paid for.


12 posted on 05/23/2014 4:04:37 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: tanknetter

He did, the link to the letter is in the article.


13 posted on 05/23/2014 4:06:01 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Is the donation tax deductible?


14 posted on 05/23/2014 4:06:19 PM PDT by kabar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Send a check for $.05

It’ll cost them more to process the check than the check’s worth.


15 posted on 05/23/2014 4:08:32 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: smoothsailing

Ahhh ...thanks!


16 posted on 05/23/2014 4:08:33 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: smoothsailing

In other words, the Democrats are paying her hush money


17 posted on 05/23/2014 4:10:20 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: jazusamo
has been forced to incur significant costs

Certainly didn't seem to bother too many people when the same thing was happening go Gov Palin.

Cry me a freaking river.

18 posted on 05/23/2014 4:10:46 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: jazusamo

Absolutely, Jaz. The woman deserves no sympathy at all. She deliberately set out to destroy people she disagreed with. Her acts were criminal.


19 posted on 05/23/2014 4:17:39 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I agree, cry me a river!

There is a P.O. Box listed in the letter. I think that Freepers should send Ms. Lerner a personal note.


20 posted on 05/23/2014 4:17:41 PM PDT by BobNative
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