Report: IRS Sent Database Containing Confidential Taxpayer Information to FBI

National Review Online ^ | June 9, 2014 | Eliana Johnson

[PJ-Comix]

The Internal Revenue Service may have been caught violating federal tax law: In October 2010, the agency sent a database on 501(c)(4) social-welfare groups containing confidential taxpayer information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to documents obtained by a House panel. 

The information was transmitted in advance of former IRS official Lois Lerner’s meeting the same month with Justice Department officials about the possibility of using campaign-finance laws to prosecute certain non-profit groups. E-mails between Lerner and Richard Pilger, the director of the Justice Department’s election crimes branch, obtained through a subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder, show Lerner asking about the format in which the FBI preferred the data to be sent. 

[RginTN]

Boehner may hate Conservatives too much to bother.

Remove Boehner as majority leader and replace him with someone competent.

[Fido969]

Special prosecutor

[justlurking]

John Boehner, if 1 million pages is not enough to get you to call for a special prosecutor, would 2 million be enough?

The Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994 has expired, leaving only the "independent counsel" authorized by 28 CFR 600.1. The latter requires the US Attorney General to appoint an "independent counsel".

Do you see the problem? Congress no longer has the authority to appoint a special prosecutor, and the US Attorney General is beholden to the President.

[Political Junkie Too]

What happened to the infamous Gorelick Wall?

Or was that only a convience for keeping the FBI from knowing what Clinton-Gore were doing regarding illegal campaign contributions?

-PJ

[Old Yeller]

Lois must be convicted and sentenced to die for her crimes against the Republic

But if she rats out the King Rat, she can get life in prison instead.

[Menehune56]

Chill.

[Eagles6]

The GOPe will bluster and do ...nothing.

[A Navy Vet]

"The Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994 has expired,..."

That is why in my long list of reforms that ALL legislation, except military budgets and few others should sunset after a certain amount of years. Certain laws should sunset after at least 10 years. Constitutional laws should remain in perpetuity, as should the above which was passed as a protection against political corruption.

Make Congress and the President revisit laws they think benefits their political parties and see how long that takes. It will keep them busy so as not to create more freedom killing laws.

LESS LAWS = MORE FREEDOM

[GOPJ]

And now we know why the FBI has NOT bothered to lift a finger to investigate the IRS scandal.

This is going to make Watergate look like small potatoes...

[GOPJ]

And now we know why the FBI has NOT bothered to lift a finger to investigate the IRS scandal.

This is going to make Watergate look like small potatoes... I'll even venture a guess that Holder will wind up in prison...

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[lonevoice]

I think I have Unprosecuted Federal Crimes Fatigue.

[The Cajun]

< SARCASM > Well hell, Lois did resign/retire, what more needs to be done? < /SARCASM >

[q_an_a]

yea - we see this and we wonder WTF is keeping our elected watch “puppies” from doing anything? geez I hope she gets a bunch of good from her lawsuit

[ladyjane]

John Boehner, if 1 million pages is not enough to get you to call for a special prosecutor, would 2 million be enough?

5 million pages won't be enough. They got the goods on him. Roberts too.

[nathanbedford]

No sooner did I hit the "post" button than I realized that I had misspoken, I did not mean to say "special prosecutor," or even, "special counsel," I meant to say a "special committee."

You are quite right to correct the gaffe and quite right that Attorney General Holder will violate his oath to protect Obama and his crimes.

[blueplum]

and this:

“the IRS, at its highest levels, was trying to advance the Democratic Party’s “secret donor” theme on the eve of the 2010 election, and breaking the law to do so.”

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/06/irs-gave-fbi-1-1-million-pages-of-taxpayer-data-to-encourage-prosecution-of-conservatives.php

[null and void]

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

I hope to get caught up today...

[Nifster]

and so does the FBI ;)