Posted on 01/15/2019 1:14:28 PM PST by Jacquerie
The federal government in recent days has been issuing settlement checks to 100 right-of-center groups wrongfully targeted for their political beliefs under the Obama administration’s Internal Revenue Service, according to an attorney for the firm that represented plaintiffs in NorCal v. United States.
Most of the claimants will each receive a check for approximately $14,000. Five conservative groups that were integrally involved in the lawsuit get a bonus payment of $10,000 each.
About $2 million of the settlement goes to cover the legal costs of five long years of litigation. IRS attorneys attempted delay after delay, objection after objection, trying to use the very taxpayer protection statutes the plaintiffs were suing under to suppress documents.
The agency has admitted no wrongdoing in what a federal report found to be incidents of intrusive inspections of organizations seeking nonprofit status.
Disgraced former bureaucrat Lois Lerner led the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt groups. A 2013 inspector general’s report found the IRS had singled out conservative and tea party organizations for intense scrutiny, oftentimes simply based on their conservative-sounding or tea party names. The IRS delayed for months, even years, the applications, and some groups were improperly questioned about their donors and their religious affiliations and practices.
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In other words, the taxpayers are paying for the crime, not the actual criminal.
This reminds me of a cruise ship settlement when the trip gets impaired, by say a food virus or engine failure. They offer a rebate on fees paid, or a discount on future fees for a future voyage.
The cost of accounting and keeping up with the laws (so they can play next year) for these organizations dwarfs the settlement. More importantly, these organizations were crippled during a critical election period.
WOW, this will be headline news on CNN. (NOT)
Big Government sucks
These folks SPENT far more money on defending themselves against the IRS, this is BS in its highest form, I could just cry for these folks right now!!!
Lois should be in jail.
That was sure done quietly!
None of these Federale maggots care because it is other peoples money they are burning though. Meaning taxpayers money. They could give a rip. In fact they like it and joke about it.
Too bad they each spent ten times that $14K if my guess is any good.
“...About $2 million of the settlement goes to cover
the legal costs of five long years of litigation...”
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The lawyers make their money no matter who wins the lawsuit.
I don’t want to see settlement checks, I want to SEE SOME BUTTS IN JAIL!
We also paid all of the costs of delaying and litigating and the IRS admits no wrong doing so... yeah.
“In other words, the taxpayers are paying for the crime, not the actual criminal.”
This will be the number one argument used by LEO union lobby buddies in Minneapolis before any payment is made to Noor’s victim.
Have seen it locally a few times myself.
Lois Lerner free as a bird.
Thank you, Jeff Sessions. YOU POS RAT BASTARD!!
We are also paying Lois Lerner's retirement distributions and healthcare subsidy.
Exactly!!
It would be hateful to deprive Democrat millionaire Lois Lerner of her annual $106,200 government paid pension.
I dont want your stupid slave debt. And you will pay a price
A pittance, no jail, after almost a decade.
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