JUDICIAL WATCH FIGHTS CLINTON IRS ATTEMPTED AUDIT

Judicial Watch ^ | April 18, 2002

[FreedominJesusChrist]

"or are they just chosen at random for audit?"

Well, we do not know that since the IRS does not publish their standards on who gets audited and who doesn't. Does that seem like Equal Protection under the Law to you?

[Howlin]

Besides, whether or not Larry's lawsuits have merit is up for a judge to decide and you are not the presiding judge.

ROFLMAO........you just totally exposed yourself. You just admitted that you are a supporter of a lawyer who files lawsuits even when he isn't SURE they have merit and has to let a judge decide.

Does it matter to you that so MOST of his lawsuits are thrown out of court just for that reason, no merit? Does it bother you that he uses the shotgun approach? "Maybe SOMETHING will stick?"

Does it bother you that he doesn't SAY that in his fund raising material, that MOST of the suits he files MAY NOT HAVE MERIT.

And the point of the above statement, which obviously you haven't learned yet in "college," is that you can damn well SAY and FILE LAWSUITS about most anything these days, including smearing people with unproven, undocumented facts.

And apparently you can make a good living while doing it, whether your cases have merit or not. But that wouldn't bother you, would it?

[Howlin]

Sure you have the freedom of thought, but you do not have the civil right to slander whomever you wish because of your assumption

Child, that is what Larry Klayman does EVERY SINGLE DAY with every single press release and/or lawsuit he releases/files.

--that is grounds for a civil lawsuit for malicious slander and libel.

I'd be delighted if he'd sue me. But he won't; discovery is hell, you know.

[Miss Marple]

I am not saying that those people's audits weren't politically motivated. Nor, for that matter, will I say that Klayman's WASN'T politically motivated.

However, to intervene in a planned audit and cancel it would be politically motivated itself, unless there was evidence that the planned audit WAS politically motivated.

Do you think Chernoff wouldn't go after this if there were evidence? Some audits are audits, just like some plane crashes are accidents.

[Howlin]

The Justice Department's stonewall fortifies considerations of privacy and lack of congressional interest in protecting the IRS from scrutiny.

Just out of curiosity, who says they are stonewalling? If they are, fine. But who said they were? It appears to me that Chertoff dealt with it appropriately.

[deport]

Funny the one missing thing is what did the IRS tell the "eWW' what the audit was for? In other words what was in question regarding his tax filing. They give you that as they can only question you on the parts they tell you they are wanting to further clarify and to give a person the opportunity to bring or provide additional data. You don't have to provide or volunteer info beyond what is in question.

[RJCogburn]

Rather than JW, I'm more interested in

Also swiftly visited with audits were Clinton accusers Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers, former travel office chief Billy Dale, and even Katherine Prudhomme, who once bothered Vice President Al Gore by asking about Broaddrick--plus assorted conservative organizations.

If there was corruption within the IRS, it is likely still there. That is a bad thing. I want our government to clean it up, not turn a blind eye.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

I have not "exposed" anything wrong. When Judicial Watch files their lawsuits in civil court, they assume the suit has merit to it, or they wouldn't even bother. Ultimately, it is up to a judge to decide whether or not the case has merit. That being said, judges aren't perfect and are known to have made mistakes as I believe many have in dismissing certain Judicial Watch suits that shouldn't have been dismissed.

As for your other personal attacks against me, I suggest that you read up about my school before you dismiss my education as being inadequate and I am not a "child."

[Miss Marple]

Good point. Why is this information being withheld? What is the IRS questioning? Why doesn't Larry tell us?

[Howlin]

You don't have to provide or volunteer info beyond what is in question.

I bet there's a LOT of paperwork to back up that $23,000,000 spent on fund raising and other expenses.....LOL.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

"However, to intervene in a planned audit and cancel it would be politically motivated itself, unless there was evidence that the planned audit WAS politically motivated."

There needs to be some clarification here. Judicial Watch is more asking the Justice Department to do something about this blatantly Unequal Protection under the Law that the IRS is propogating.

[Miss Marple]

What unequal protection? My sister got audited. Why shouldn't Larry?

[Howlin]

I didn't say one word about your school, so back off.

And I'll tell you something that I have learned from twenty plus years sitting in a courtroom.

Reputable attorneys do NOT file lawsuits that do not have merit.

[humbletheFiend]

Some audits are audits, just like some plane crashes are accidents.

Judicial Watch is probably eager to provide the Government with access to all of its files, but it just doesn't seem fair to do an audit "right in the middle" of all the litigation that's going on.

Why can't the Government just postpone its audit until Judicial Watch quits filing lawsuits against the Government?

[RJCogburn]

Just out of curiosity, who says they are stonewalling?

Well, call it what you wish. Novak uses the term, but clearly there is reason to believe that these people were chosen for audit other than by random selection. If so, if there is corruption within the IRS, and I think many of us here thought there was prior to January 20, 2001, we should want it cleaned up. All evidence suggests that the current DOJ, Chertoff included, has chosen to turn a blind eye.

I think that is not good. Well, at least you may enjoy Novak's characterization of Klayman in this article

More than an obnoxious, litigious lawyer is at stake

[FreedominJesusChrist]

"Since the audit is being continued AFTER Clinton left office, it is obviously not politically motivated."

Ha! You assume a lot.

As for your latest comment, by Unequal Protection, I mean, why your sister and why Larry Klayman? What kind of standards does the IRS use to target people? By targeting some people for audits and not others and not disclosing publically why, does not seem like equal treatment under the law to me.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

"I didn't say one word about your school, so back off."

Well, you put college in quotation marks. What is that supposed to mean?

[RJCogburn]

Do you think Chernoff wouldn't go after this if there were evidence?

Had you asked me that a year and a half ago, I would have agreed without hesitation. Now, I don't know, which is kinda sad.

[Howlin]

It means you don't have any life experiences yet.

[Howlin]

Where is the evidence that says the current DOJ is turning a blind eye?