Posted on 11/29/2014 8:43:57 PM PST by grundle
Treasury Department investigators completed but never released a 2011 law enforcement probe of White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee, The Washington Examiner has learned.
The investigation by the Treasury Department Inspector-General for Tax Administration was sparked by Goolsbee's remarks during an Aug. 27, 2010, White House news briefing in which he appeared to possess confidential tax information on Koch Industries, the private conglomerate controlled by the Koch brothers, Charles and David.
"So in this country we have partnerships, we have S corps, we have LLCs, we have a series of entities that do not pay corporate income tax. Some of which are really giant firms, you know Koch Industries is a multi-billion dollar business," Goolsbee said.
It is illegal for government officials to make public confidential tax information. Goolsbee was chief White House economist at the time.
The Kochs have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into conservative and libertarian campaigns and causes, and are often invoked by President Obama and other liberal Democrats as poster boys for political abuses bred by "too much money in politics."
Six Republican senators requested the IG probe to determine if confidential tax records of individuals viewed by Obama as enemies were being passed around among senior staffers in the White House.
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Vile little corrupt democrats. It makes sense that they’re always standing with criminals...
Goolsbee was a standup comic
I thought it was Henry Reid who said he’d seen then candidate Romney’s taxes and implied there was something wrong with the returns.
I distinctly remember that happening and then days later Romney made his returns public.
Hannity’s good buddy.
Gee, And here I thought Useless Goosbee was Ted Baxter’s pal!
Color me “misinformed”!
I hate to break it to the WH stooge but corporations that pay no tax are very common. GE is one of them, and they’re libtards. When I worked for the IRS 40 years ago I processed thousands upon thousands of C Corp tax returns with ZERO tax. It’s tough to make a profit in any business, it is a well known fact that most new businesses fail in less than a year. Would government regulations have anything to do with that?
Yeah they performed criminal actions, but it wasn’t like they outted Valerie Plame super spy!
Could be Ted’s friend too. He’s such a like able maggot.
Six Republican senators requested the IG probe to determine if confidential tax records of individuals viewed by Obama as enemies were being passed around among senior staffers in the White House.
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