The Center for Public Integrity is out with its new, in-depth look into the IRS' nonprofit exempt division. According to CPI, "The IRS’ nonprofit division, grappling with a decimated staff and limited resources, effectively lost whatever nerve it had left. Notably, it came to a near standstill on deciding whether it should grant 'social welfare' […]
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Feed the Children Scandal: Follow the Money
“FEED THE CHILDREN” CHARITY UNDER FIRE Exclusive: CBS News Investigation into a Billion-Dollar-a-Year Charity That Solicited Aid for Haiti By Sharyl Attkisson – Feb. 18, 2010 “Feed the Children” is perhaps best known by its infomercials featuring founder, the Reverend Larry Jones. “For only $8 a month, you can help feed a child. Would you […]
Email: IRS' Lerner Suggested Targeting Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa)
New emails reviewed by the House Ways and Means Committee in the IRS targeting investigation revealed something that might knock the probe up another notch: IRS manager Lois Lerner allegedly sought to have the circumstances surrounding a speaking invitation to Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, referred for IRS examination. “We have seen a […]
House Oversight Committee Subpoenas White House Official in IRS Probe
With the White House declining the House Oversight Committee's request to make an official available to testify at an IRS hearing tomorrow, the Committee tonight issued a subpoena compelling her to appear. The official is lawyer Jennifer O'Connor. “A year ago, when news broke that the IRS had targeted Americans because of their political beliefs, […]
15 Technology Questions for the IRS Prior to Monday's Hearing
In advance of tomorrow evening's hearing on the Lost Lois Lerner emails, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has asked the IRS Commissioner to provide answers to 15 technology questions. On Fri. June 13, the IRS notified Congress that key emails during a two year time frame, January 2009 to April 2011, were irretrievably […]
Democrats Apologize to IRS Commissioner at Hearing on Lost Emails
In his first Congressional appearance since news of the lost Lois Lerner emails, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was alternately attacked by Republicans and praised by Democrats who apologized to him for his treatment and called the investigation an "endless conspiracy theory" by Republicans. Under oath before the House Ways and Means Committee, Koskinen restated what […]
House Committee Requests Testimony from White House Official
Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.) requested that Jennifer O’Connor of the White House Counsel’s office testify next week. In a letter, Issa requested O'Connor's appearance at a hearing on Tuesday at 9:30a, a day after IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is scheduled to testify. The Tuesday hearing is entitled, “IRS Obstruction: Lois Lerner’s […]
Lois Lerner's Hard Drive: Gone, gone, gone.
The last thing the House Oversight Committee knew about IRS manager Lois Lerner's hard drive was what the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration told them: that they had no idea where it was. Now, according to sources who spoke to Politico, it looks like the hard drive has been "recycled." “We’ve been informed that […]
