Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:54
PM
Subject: The more the dummy citizens tolerate, the more corruption they will commit
Subject: The more the dummy citizens tolerate, the more corruption they will commit
BREAKING: Justice
Department Considered ARRESTING Conservative Activists
The current presidential administration has engaged in so much
outright thuggery it’s hard to keep track of. It has abused its power at
every level and in every department possible, going after its political
opponents with the full force of the federal government.
The Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have uncovered
emails indicate that the IRS was actively working with the Justice Department
in the targeting of conservative groups.
But it gets worse. Holder’s
DOJ was considering using criminal prosecution against these
conservative activists to silence them, doing so for activities which are
perfectly legal.
Chairman
Issa and the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Holder making these allegations, and
demanding information from the attorney general on communications between the
IRS and DOJ and documents related to possible criminal prosecution of
conservative organizations.
An email between Lois Lerner
and Richard Pilger, head of the Election Crimes Branch of the DOJ, seems to
indicate a coordinated effort to target conservatives, and get this: this email
exchange occurred just two days before the Lerner’s public apology for the
targeting. Here’s what the email said:
“I got a call today from Richard Pilger Director Elections Crimes
Branch at DOJ … He wanted to know who at IRS the DOJ folk s [sic] could talk to
about Sen. Whitehouse idea at the hearing that DOJ could piece together
false statement cases about applicants who “lied” on their 1024s –saying they
weren’t planning on doing political activity, and then turning around and
making large visible political expenditures. DOJ is feeling like it
needs to respond, but want to talk to the right folks at IRS to see whether
there are impediments from our side and what, if any damage this might do to
IRS programs. I told him that sounded like we might need several folks from
IRS.”
The Washington Examiner summarizes Issa’s allegations in the
letter sent to Holder:
Issa argues that the email shows that the DOJ was considering
prosecuting these nonprofits for actions that are legal for 501(c)(4)
nonprofits under federal tax law – “that is, engaging in political speech.”
The California Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Eric
Holder asking for him to produce documents and allow the committee to interview
Pilger on why his agency was considering prosecuting the tax-exempt groups
already improperly targeted by the IRS.
“Mr. Pilger’s communications with Ms. Lerner are also striking for
their timing,” Issa argued in the letter. “They show that the IRS and the
Justice Department were actively considering efforts to target tax-exempt
organizations just two days before Ms. Lerner’s public apology for the
targeting.”
The information undermines the “sincerity of Lerner’s apology,” he
wrote, and calls into questions Holder’s reaction when the story first broke
that the targeting was “outrageous” and “unacceptable.”
“These comments ring hollow in light of evidence that your
subordinates apparently colluded with the IRS to target nonprofit groups less
than a week before,” he continued.
Issa went on to call Pilger’s suggestion that the DOJ come up with
false statement cases about the groups’ political activities “harassment” and
prosecutorial “gotcha.”
The Department’s use of alleged false statement on the tax-exempt
application is an unfortunate use of prosecutorial “gotcha,” targeting these
victims for supposed “lies” about activities that they are legally allowed to
do. In this way, the tactics suggested by Mr. Pilger appear to be nothing
more than harassment by the Justice Department of groups engaged in otherwise
lawful activity.
The pieces are starting to fall into place. Political
pressure from prominent
Democrats, including
Obama himself, in the wake of the Citizens United decision caused
the DOJ and IRS to find ways to “deal” with conservative groups who they
thought would benefit politically from the lifting of limitations on
nonprofits. The Justice Department and the IRS then coordinated an effort
to harass and bully conservative organizations to make it as difficult as
possible for them to engage in political speech. Emails even suggest that
they tried to get the FEC involved. Disgusting.
This is criminal behavior from the Obama administration, plain and
simple. It’s past time for us to have special prosecutors come in and
investigate the entire administration for its corruption and abuses of power.
