Oh, happy day. Once in a while, justice is served, the good guy does win and the Big Bad Wolf at the Little American’s door gets the kick in the arse it deserves. The Internal Revenue Service was just smacked with a preliminary order from a federal judge to pay…
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Judson Phillips Commentary: It Is Time to Clean the Filthy House of the IRS
On Nov. 12, 2017, one of the best things that could have happened to Washington happened. The term of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen ended. Mr. Koskinen supervised the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups. He lied to Congress. He misled Congress. He ignored subpoenas and at least tried to…
Read MoreEric Holder: DOJ Wrong to Apologize to Tea Party Groups for IRS Scandal
Former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said the Trump administration was wrong to have apologized to tea party groups snared in the IRS’s targeting scandal, saying it was another example of the new team undercutting career people at the Justice Department who’d initially cleared the IRS of wrongdoing. “That…
Read MoreFeds to Pay ‘Generous’ Settlement to Tea Party Groups for Targeting
The government apologized Thursday for illegally targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny and agreed to settlements with hundreds of organizations snared in the targeting, bringing to a close one of the more embarrassing episodes of the Obama administration. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the IRS owed the groups an…
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