A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the 5th Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee investigating the agency???s improper screening of conservative nonprofit groups.
From a legal standpoint, this is a good decision. Especially since the Speaker of the House is on record as saying he wants to know who's going to jail. No bias there, right?
Putting aside that no one can name a criminal law that was broken (Rockadelic, I'm looking at you); why would one knowingly put themselves in a position of potential self-incrimination? Good for this person.
Maybe people forget that we also have the 5A to protect us, too?
"Next, facts emerge to undermine the investigator???s presuppositions. Documents released by Ways and Means committee Democrats this week show that the IRS, in addition to targeting tea party groups, also had ???Be on the Lookout??? (BOLO) lists for groups using descriptors such as ???progressive,??? ???health care legislation,??? ???medical marijuana,??? ???paying national debt??? and ???green energy.???
Finally, evidence surfaces that the investigator stacked the deck. Tuesday night, the Hill newspaper quoted a spokesman for Treasury???s inspector general, Russell George, saying the group was asked by Issa ???to narrowly focus on tea party organizations.??? The inspectors knew there were other terms, but ???that was outside the scope of our audit.???
Still waiting for Rock to name the crime committed.
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From a legal standpoint, this is a good decision. Especially since the Speaker of the House is on record as saying he wants to know who's going to jail. No bias there, right?
Putting aside that no one can name a criminal law that was broken (Rockadelic, I'm looking at you); why would one knowingly put themselves in a position of potential self-incrimination? Good for this person.
Maybe people forget that we also have the 5A to protect us, too?
This is all over the news now.
Congress is shocked, SHOCKED, that Apple and other companies use laws, that congress wrote, to avoid paying taxes.
Are there any plans to eliminate these dodges?
Only plans that include a flat tax.
"Next, facts emerge to undermine the investigator???s presuppositions. Documents released by Ways and Means committee Democrats this week show that the IRS, in addition to targeting tea party groups, also had ???Be on the Lookout??? (BOLO) lists for groups using descriptors such as ???progressive,??? ???health care legislation,??? ???medical marijuana,??? ???paying national debt??? and ???green energy.???
Finally, evidence surfaces that the investigator stacked the deck. Tuesday night, the Hill newspaper quoted a spokesman for Treasury???s inspector general, Russell George, saying the group was asked by Issa ???to narrowly focus on tea party organizations.??? The inspectors knew there were other terms, but ???that was outside the scope of our audit.???
Still waiting for Rock to name the crime committed.