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WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself. Tweet This Post
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IRS official Lerner: ‘I did nothing wrong’
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions. Tweet This Post
IRS official Lois Lerner: ‘I have not done anything wrong’
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official in charge of approving applications for tax-exempt status, denied wrongdoing in response to accusations that the IRS targeted conservative organizations seeking non-profit status for heavier scrutiny between 2010 and 2012. “‘I have not done anything wrong,” Lerner told the House Oversight Committee during a hearing about the IRS’ [...]
Official: Treasury played no role in IRS targeting
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department's No. 2 official is telling Congress that his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. Tweet This Post
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Tweet This Post
IRS official Lerner refuses to testify before Congress
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who leads the exempt organizations division under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, is refusing to testify before Congress, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lerner was supposed to appear before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. The Times reports that Lerner’s attorney, William W. Taylor III, [...]
GOP official: ‘Institutional barriers’ remain for Republican women seeking office
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2013
The Republican Party is actively working to recruit more women to run for public office, but they still face “institutional barriers” to getting involved in GOP politics at the ground level, Republican State Leadership Committee President Chris Jankowski said on Monday. As part of the RSLC’s Right Women Right Now project, the organization, which specializes [...]
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No Comments »The IRS Scandal Was First Revealed by an IRS Official Asking to Be Asked About It
Posted by admin on May 18th, 2013
The IRS official who revealed the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups on Friday did so on purpose — by asking a tax lawyer to ask her about it at American Bar Association tax section’s annual meeting. Tax lawyer Celia Roady issued a statement, posted by Talking Points Memo, saying that the IRS's Lois Lerner [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 'official', about, Asked, asking, first, revealed, Scandal No Comments »Official still probing political pressure on IRS
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department’s top investigator for tax matters is telling Congress that he is still investigating whether outside political pressure caused the Internal Revenue Service to improperly target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups. Tweet This Post
