JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PAY CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TARGETED IN OBAMA IRS SCANDAL
OCTOBER 28, 2017
Under Obama, the IRS intentionally delayed conservative organizations? applications for exempt status, which resulted in two now-settled lawsuits from 41 organizations, and 428 plaintiffs, respectively.
The Daily Caller reports, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday an undisclosed monetary settlement was reached between the Department of Justice and over 400 conservative groups that had their applications for tax-exempt status delayed ?based solely on their viewpoint or ideology.?
?The [Internal Revenue Service]?s use of these criteria as a basis for heightened scrutiny was wrong and should never have occurred,? Sessions explained in a statement on Thursday. ?It is improper for the IRS to single out groups for different treatment based on their names or ideological positions.?
Two separate settlements were reached by the Trump Administration, one including 41 groups and another that was filed by 428 plaintiffs.
The Obama administration scandal surfaced in 2013 when the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report that exposed the delay of tax-exempt status applications filed by conservative groups was intentional.
The delay targeted groups with ?tea party? or 'patriot' in their name, as well as other groups that opposed government spending.
According to court documents, the IRS admitted wrongdoing and apologized.
"The IRS admits that its treatment of Plaintiffs during the tax-exempt determination process, including screening their applications based on their names or policy positions, subjecting those applications to heightened scrutiny and inordinate delays, and demanding some Plaintiffs? information that TITA determined was unnecessary to the agency?s determination of their tax-exempt status, was wrong,? the IRS said according to court documents. ?For such treatment, the IRS expresses its sincere apology."
The plaintiff's lawyer celebrated the news on Thursday but was less than happy with the IRS lack of transparency.
"The Government's generous settlement with the Class Plaintiffs fully vindicates their claims that the IRS targeted Tea Party and conservative groups based on their viewpoint," lead counsel for the conservative groups, Eddie Greim, stated in an email to Fox News. However, like Lois Lerner's stated apology back in 2013, any recent so-called ?apology? by the IRS has little value. That is because the Service continues to suggest that its targeting was really just mismanagement.??
OCTOBER 28, 2017
Under Obama, the IRS intentionally delayed conservative organizations? applications for exempt status, which resulted in two now-settled lawsuits from 41 organizations, and 428 plaintiffs, respectively.
The Daily Caller reports, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday an undisclosed monetary settlement was reached between the Department of Justice and over 400 conservative groups that had their applications for tax-exempt status delayed ?based solely on their viewpoint or ideology.?
?The [Internal Revenue Service]?s use of these criteria as a basis for heightened scrutiny was wrong and should never have occurred,? Sessions explained in a statement on Thursday. ?It is improper for the IRS to single out groups for different treatment based on their names or ideological positions.?
Two separate settlements were reached by the Trump Administration, one including 41 groups and another that was filed by 428 plaintiffs.
The Obama administration scandal surfaced in 2013 when the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report that exposed the delay of tax-exempt status applications filed by conservative groups was intentional.
The delay targeted groups with ?tea party? or 'patriot' in their name, as well as other groups that opposed government spending.
According to court documents, the IRS admitted wrongdoing and apologized.
"The IRS admits that its treatment of Plaintiffs during the tax-exempt determination process, including screening their applications based on their names or policy positions, subjecting those applications to heightened scrutiny and inordinate delays, and demanding some Plaintiffs? information that TITA determined was unnecessary to the agency?s determination of their tax-exempt status, was wrong,? the IRS said according to court documents. ?For such treatment, the IRS expresses its sincere apology."
The plaintiff's lawyer celebrated the news on Thursday but was less than happy with the IRS lack of transparency.
"The Government's generous settlement with the Class Plaintiffs fully vindicates their claims that the IRS targeted Tea Party and conservative groups based on their viewpoint," lead counsel for the conservative groups, Eddie Greim, stated in an email to Fox News. However, like Lois Lerner's stated apology back in 2013, any recent so-called ?apology? by the IRS has little value. That is because the Service continues to suggest that its targeting was really just mismanagement.??
.... defenders of trumpy smell of desperation... 
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