Thanks for the video, Noumenon !
Do NOT forget that senators asked for an investigation into the tea party.
The senators who approached the IRS to change the rules – they did not go through congress to change the rules – instead they gave congressional power to regulators.
They did not take it upon themselves to initiate legislation to clarify the rules (this issue came up in one of the first hearings in May)
why?
They didn’t want the rules applied equally to the left. And if there was new legislation (assuming it could pass) there was a bigger chance it could be applied equally than if they were regulations.
In every debate I have heard/ and testimony, it focuses on the tea party and their percentage of political activity and very little is said about the left organization like moveon.org in terms of how much of their activity is political activity.
Open the link below and see that some of it dates back to Feb 2012 – before the email from Lois Lerner in June 2012.
Shaheen faces scrutiny over IRS letters
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130516/GJNEWS_01/130519429
Speaking on Fox News Tuesday, conservative powerbroker Karl Rove highlighted a letter sent by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, to the director of the IRS in 2010 calling for further investigation of tax-exempt groups. Rove also discussed a letter sent to the IRS in 2012 by Shaheen and six other Democrats.
“(The IRS was) doing what people on Capitol Hill wanted them to do,” Rove said.
In the Feb. 16, 2012 letter, Shaheen and other lawmakers urged the IRS to develop new standards to evaluate the activities of so-called “social welfare” organizations.
The Seven Senators Who Asked the IRS to “Investigate” Non-profits
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020866/posts
It's time the Bank Secrecy Act was mobilized----to determine the timing of the threats against the tea parties and whether money exchanged hands in the process ---- as an incentive to target conservative groups.
<><> L/E needs to examine the named legislators' assorted bank accounts and campaign accounts.
<><> Joint bank accounts might be used to facilitate the transfer of campaign funds from one account to another.
<><> Democrats may have received payments for personal and private expenses, campaign expenses, credit cards, real estate subsidies and vehicle purchases as an incentive to go on record attacking conservatives.
<><> To cover their tracks, fake invoices might be created to show that money deposited into accounts was being used for legitimate purposes. The scheme might be advanced by issuing phony statements of payments from financial sources that actually covered the transfer of campaign funds for the named legislators' personal use.
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NOTE WELL Under the Bank Secrecy Act, banks are required to establish, implement and maintain programs designed to detect and report suspicious activity indicative of money laundering and other financial crimes. “The Bank Secrecy Act was enacted to protect the public from harm by identifying and detecting money laundering from criminal enterprises, terrorism, tax evasion or other unlawful activities,” the special agent in charge for Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, explained.
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<><> L/E should get ahold of: (1) copies of campaign checks, (2) wire transfers, (3) account statements, (4) invoices, (5) bills, (6) delivery tickets, (7) correspondence including e-mail, contracts, loan agreements, and, (8) any other books or records. L/E should also explore (a) monies paid to brokers, sub- brokers, (b) family members, (c) mortgage brokers, (d) financial managers, and, (e) real estate agents, brokers, and developers.
<><> L/E should scrutinize campaign bank accounts for suspicious activites: (A) large deposits, (B) funds transferred from one account into another, (C) frequent requests for withdrawals.
<><> Bank records might also show diversions to secret LLC other accounts, to money launder and to operate personal ventures---like campaign activites.
Tax fraud can also be facilitated by withdrawals, gift cards purchases, credit card purchases and intra-bank transfers from foundation accounts into personal a/nd campaign accounts.
<><> A huge tipoff is whether bank withdrawals support campaign activities and luxurious lifestyle including payments for real estate, investment and stock holdings, jewelry, luxury vehicles, resort travel....... and gifts from luxury outlets for wives and mistresses.
Taxpayers demand the Bank Secrecy Act be used to prosecute foundation fraud pronto.
And study legislators' tax returns with a fine-tooth comb.....especially entries for "interest income."