If the IRS scandal reaches the White House, should Obama be impeached and convicted? Could this be similar to Nixon? We think that any President who misuses the agencies of government for his own benefit, should have to resign.
Will the IRS scandal rise to this level is yet to be seen. However, this President has other scandals that are bringing more very negative attention to his Administration. The issues of Benghazi and the seizure of AP reporter records are other problems that may contribute to his downfall.
We will see if Obama can survive, other Presidents have similar crises. It will depend upon the Administration's ability to bring out the truth, be forthcoming and apologize for their errors. We hope that for the benefit of the country, they do.
Conservative Tom
Cleta Mitchell, one of Washington's most respected elections attorneys, told Newsmax she has tangible proof that high-ranking IRS officials in Washington were fully aware of the agency's campaign to target conservative groups for heightened scrutiny, despite their denials.
And she thinks the president knew about the practice, too. If proven, she said, it could be an impeachable offense.
Mitchell, in an interview with Newsmax TV on Tuesday, said she was told by a Cincinnati IRS agent that applications by two of her conservative clients were being processed by -- and would ultimately be approved or denied in -- Washington.
She said she also is aware of nearly 100 other conservative groups that were being targeted by Washington.
"There were nearly 100 groups across the country that got the very egregious set of letters from the IRS that were almost identical and they came from offices all over the country so I know of at least 85 to 90, maybe more, organizations," said Mitchell, who represents six groups which say they have been targeted, including the King Street Patriots and True the Vote.
"If they had the name 'tea party' or they had the word 'patriots' or if their mission was smaller government or study the Constitution, believe it or not, that would cause the IRS to say, 'Oh, we better investigate these groups.'"
She added she had two clients whose group's purpose was to lobby against Obamacare, both of which received extra IRS scrutiny. And of the clients who have gone public with their claims, they received "incredible scrutiny, voluminous requests for information, documents, almost like having been audited before they even are an exempt organization."
In the case of one such client, she and her family subsequently became targets for audits to their personal and business tax returns, and were even visited by three different government agencies. She also knows of other groups who had surprise visits from the FBI after they applied for IRS status.
Mitchell said she doesn't believe the president or the White House was uninvolved in the IRS activities, as the administration has claimed.
"I've thought for some time that this is politically motivated and that's the reason it was happening. And, as I said, I've been doing this for more than 20 years and I've never seen anything like this until 2009, 2010. And the only thing that changed was we had a different administration," she said.
"We know the White House used the Department of Health and Human Services to try to silence critics about Obamacare. So if we know they used HHS, why wouldn't they also use the IRS or other federal agencies to try to silence political critics?"
Mitchell credits Congress for investigating the matter but says they have had limited effectiveness because she believes the IRS has lied even to lawmakers during hearings last year.
"They've been very helpful but the fact is, the IRS has lied and covered up, even to the members of Congress," she said. "The problem is they've had hearings -- the IRS commissioner basically lied to Congress last year when he appeared before Congress and they asked him about this targeting conservative groups and he said it wasn't true. Well, no, we find out yes, it was true."
She added, "They may try to say it was low-level people. It was not low-level people. They weren't in Cincinnati. It was being directed out of Washington, and I have them on record saying that."
Mitchell said the IRS practices are in violation of federal law.
She said it's "a criminal offense to misuse information submitted by a taxpayer or an entity, anybody who submits anything to the IRS. The IRS agents are limited in what they can do with it, the scope of what they can say and do with it. So, clearly, the federal law has been broken."
Asked whether it would be an impeachable offense if it emerged that the president or his officials were behind the IRS' practices, Mitchell said, "Well, it certainly was for Richard Nixon 40 years ago this week."
She added, "Isn't that ironic? The House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon 40 years ago this week on May 18, and one of those was misuse of the IRS to go after political enemies."
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Will the IRS scandal rise to this level is yet to be seen. However, this President has other scandals that are bringing more very negative attention to his Administration. The issues of Benghazi and the seizure of AP reporter records are other problems that may contribute to his downfall.
We will see if Obama can survive, other Presidents have similar crises. It will depend upon the Administration's ability to bring out the truth, be forthcoming and apologize for their errors. We hope that for the benefit of the country, they do.
Conservative Tom
Cleta Mitchell to Newsmax: IRS Scandal Reaches to White House
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 01:08 PM
And she thinks the president knew about the practice, too. If proven, she said, it could be an impeachable offense.
Mitchell, in an interview with Newsmax TV on Tuesday, said she was told by a Cincinnati IRS agent that applications by two of her conservative clients were being processed by -- and would ultimately be approved or denied in -- Washington.
She said she also is aware of nearly 100 other conservative groups that were being targeted by Washington.
"There were nearly 100 groups across the country that got the very egregious set of letters from the IRS that were almost identical and they came from offices all over the country so I know of at least 85 to 90, maybe more, organizations," said Mitchell, who represents six groups which say they have been targeted, including the King Street Patriots and True the Vote.
"If they had the name 'tea party' or they had the word 'patriots' or if their mission was smaller government or study the Constitution, believe it or not, that would cause the IRS to say, 'Oh, we better investigate these groups.'"
She added she had two clients whose group's purpose was to lobby against Obamacare, both of which received extra IRS scrutiny. And of the clients who have gone public with their claims, they received "incredible scrutiny, voluminous requests for information, documents, almost like having been audited before they even are an exempt organization."
In the case of one such client, she and her family subsequently became targets for audits to their personal and business tax returns, and were even visited by three different government agencies. She also knows of other groups who had surprise visits from the FBI after they applied for IRS status.
Mitchell said she doesn't believe the president or the White House was uninvolved in the IRS activities, as the administration has claimed.
"I've thought for some time that this is politically motivated and that's the reason it was happening. And, as I said, I've been doing this for more than 20 years and I've never seen anything like this until 2009, 2010. And the only thing that changed was we had a different administration," she said.
"We know the White House used the Department of Health and Human Services to try to silence critics about Obamacare. So if we know they used HHS, why wouldn't they also use the IRS or other federal agencies to try to silence political critics?"
Mitchell credits Congress for investigating the matter but says they have had limited effectiveness because she believes the IRS has lied even to lawmakers during hearings last year.
"They've been very helpful but the fact is, the IRS has lied and covered up, even to the members of Congress," she said. "The problem is they've had hearings -- the IRS commissioner basically lied to Congress last year when he appeared before Congress and they asked him about this targeting conservative groups and he said it wasn't true. Well, no, we find out yes, it was true."
She added, "They may try to say it was low-level people. It was not low-level people. They weren't in Cincinnati. It was being directed out of Washington, and I have them on record saying that."
Mitchell said the IRS practices are in violation of federal law.
She said it's "a criminal offense to misuse information submitted by a taxpayer or an entity, anybody who submits anything to the IRS. The IRS agents are limited in what they can do with it, the scope of what they can say and do with it. So, clearly, the federal law has been broken."
Asked whether it would be an impeachable offense if it emerged that the president or his officials were behind the IRS' practices, Mitchell said, "Well, it certainly was for Richard Nixon 40 years ago this week."
She added, "Isn't that ironic? The House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon 40 years ago this week on May 18, and one of those was misuse of the IRS to go after political enemies."
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LOL. The latest Obama conspiracy theory with zero evidence. The Treasury report is out. Read it. I did. You can download it here...
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--David
There will be evidence. You keep screaming that Obama could not be involved, just like Hillary said when Bill was accused by Monica Lewinsky. Remember the "vast right wing conspiracy". The only conspiracy was that Bill was screwing everything with a vagina except Hillary!
DeleteThe IRS issue will be the one that brings down this Administration.
Who is this woman, anyway? Here is part of her bio...
ReplyDeleteShe has served as legal counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Rifle Association.[1][2] She represents Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK).[3][5][6] She has also represented Tea Party candidates Sharron Angle and Joe Miller.[6]
Until proven otherwise, she is just making noise from the bleachers. If she has "tangible proof" of anything, let's have it.
--David
There are many attorneys who would love to have a client list like this! Sounds like the A Team. Evidence will be presented and your guy will lose big.
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