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DOJ official named in FBI politicization allegations played role in Lois Lerner IRS scandal
Just the News ^ | July 29, 2022 - 11:31pm | John Solomon

Posted on 07/30/2022 7:23:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A senior Justice Department official recently flagged by a U.S. senator in an FBI whistleblower probe into alleged politicization of prosecutions played a key role in the Lois Lerner IRS scandal a decade ago in which conservative Tea Party groups were improperly targeted for scrutiny, government emails and congressional evidence shows.

Richard Pilger, the current chief of the DOJ Elections Crime Branch of the department's Public Integrity Section, engaged in discussions in 2010 and 2013 with Lerner and other IRS officials about ways to pursue criminal prosecutions of conservative nonprofits, the records show.

The discussion led the FBI, with Pilger's direct help, to obtain and review 1.1 million pages of documents from conservative groups and even ponder charging the groups with making false statements on their IRS applications as nonprofits because they had engaged in political speech activities, according to congressional investigators.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired then by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), concluded in 2014 that Pilger's discussions were part of a larger effort by the Obama administration to criminalize political speech by conservative groups that opposed the administration's agenda.

"These documents suggest that the Department actively considered prosecuting non-profit groups for their political activities," the final report concluded. "The Department went so far as to meet with the IRS about the investigation and to gather a 1.1 million-page database of information as potential evidentiary material. Even more astounding, the Department considered prosecuting non-profit groups for actions that are legal for 501(c)(4) groups under federal tax law — that is, for engaging in political speech."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 2010; 2013; 5013cs; chrisway; chriswray; corruption; creepstate; deepstate; doj; don; donutwatch; fbi; grassley; irs; lerner; loislerner; merrickgarland; ngos; pilger; policestate; richardpilger; singlepartystate
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

TOTALLY CORRUPT AGENTS, ALL OF THEM!


41 posted on 07/30/2022 8:50:27 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bump


42 posted on 07/30/2022 9:00:17 AM PDT by lowbridge ( )
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To: Starboard
The ability to simply print money has put this country in an untenable financial position

Far worse than that, it TODAY funds Democrat political dominance, and pays for all woke/leftist social engineering

43 posted on 07/30/2022 9:02:44 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Obama administration to criminalize political speech by conservative groups that opposed the administration’s agenda.

And he was elected twice boy boy those voters sure know what to look for when voting huh Moe.


44 posted on 07/30/2022 9:03:34 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: PGR88

Far worse than that, it TODAY funds Democrat political dominance, and pays for all woke/leftist social engineering

************

Dems have taken full advantage of the powers of big government to push and fund their agenda.

And unlike Republicans, they play to win.

Those with the greatest will to win usually do, and that’s the edge the Democrats have over us. They are on offense all the time, and they run circles around the clueless Pubbies.

As long as we rely on the GOP to be “our party” (which it isn’t) we will continue to be disappointed. The GOP is not, and never will be, a conservative party.


45 posted on 07/30/2022 9:08:48 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"These documents suggest that the Department actively considered prosecuting non-profit groups for their political activities," the final report concluded. "The Department went so far as to meet with the IRS about the investigation and to gather a 1.1 million-page database of information as potential evidentiary material. Even more astounding, the Department considered prosecuting non-profit groups for actions that are legal for 501(c)(4) groups under federal tax law — that is, for engaging in political speech." 1.1 million; I wonder who signed off on the warrent?? (Sarc off!) Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Jun 14, 2016A general warrant is a document issued by the executive branch, or a court. It is not based on any prior evidence of wrongdoing. It lacks particularity regarding the person or place to be searched,...
46 posted on 07/30/2022 9:53:05 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: ridesthemiles
Politics has always been a bit corrupted.... but NOTHING like its become today..... I think TRump was totally surprised by the depth of the “Swamp” and the size of the “Deep State”...

but we can Thank him for exposing it to “We the People” ..Its why he needs to be elected again... Probably our only real hope of getting our country back...

47 posted on 07/30/2022 10:21:39 AM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: rintintin

“Unfortunately, Trump did NOTHING to clean it up. Worse, He even put Wray in charge of FBI.”

Where you alive 5 years ago??? You’re flat out wring. Trump did everything he could. But he was stymied by traitors all around him. Starting with Pence. And Mitch. And Ryan. He came to town with no political staff, and the Uniparty kneecapped him everywhere he turned.

He wanted to fire many of them, but was always threatened with impeachment (or the 25th(!) Ammendment). Everywhere he turned, he was backstabbed.

Treason from within is always worse than from outside.

He did amazingly well, considering the lay of the land. Better than anyone else on the planet could have.

Jeeze, dude.


48 posted on 07/30/2022 11:07:49 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: bert
Imagine ... tick, tick, tick ... Biden's final act as President of the United States of America ... total and absolute pardons for all those he names.
49 posted on 07/30/2022 11:08:42 AM PDT by jamaksin ( )
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To: jamaksin

A posthumous pardon is of no real value to the dead guy


50 posted on 07/30/2022 11:17:07 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Lerner testimony is still sealed.
‘nuff said?


51 posted on 07/30/2022 12:00:34 PM PDT by Freest Republican
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

bttt


52 posted on 07/30/2022 3:05:37 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: bert

... Not just Biden, but all of those in the Deep State (viz., FBI, DoJ, AG, ...).


53 posted on 07/31/2022 1:03:19 AM PDT by jamaksin ( )
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