QuoteJudge: IRS Must Hand Over WH Requests on Taxpayer Info


A federal judge has ruled the IRS has to hand over any records of requests from the White House to meddle into taxpayers' private information, the Washington Times reports.

The decision marks a victory for government accountability and transparency organization Cause of Action, which has been trying for two years to pry the information loose, the Washington Times reports.

It's not clear there've been any such requests, but speculation about such prying surfaced early in the Obama administration.

According to a 2012 account in the Wichita Eagle, Mark Holden, Koch Industries' senior vice president and general counsel, said Austan Goolsbee, President Barack Obama's chief economic adviser in 2010, commented on Koch Industries' tax status during a briefing with reporters, accusing the company of not paying taxes.

Holden, suggesting Goolsbee's remarks indicated access to confidential information, accused the administration of trying to intimidate the Koch brothers because of their political views.

Cause of Action sued in 2013 to get a look at whatever requests the White House, or other federal agencies, had made to the IRS, but the tax agency refused, saying even the existence of those requests would be protected by confidentiality laws and couldn't be released, so there was no reason to make the search, the Washington Times reports.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/White-House/2015/08/28/id/672488/#ixzz3k9cACYS9

Opps! They will stall I'm sure but If they fail in appeal this info will be out before the election! I would also think who those request were from and who they were sent to will be really interesting!

I predict She will throw someone under the bus to make it go away. She has two choices. Cheryl Mills or Huma Abedin. I say it will be Mills. Abedin has been with Hillary for 20 years and probably knows a lot of stuff Clinton would rather remained secret.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 28, 2015, 04:46:11 PM
I predict She will throw someone under the bus to make it go away. She has two choices. Cheryl Mills or Huma Abedin. I say it will be Mills. Abedin has been with Hillary for 20 years and probably knows a lot of stuff Clinton would rather remained secret.

This is an IRS thread not Hillary? Did you post on the wrong one?

Quote from: redbeard on August 28, 2015, 04:49:57 PM

This is an IRS thread not Hillary? Did you post on the wrong one?

Doesnt matter. He could post the deepest darkest secrets of the Illuminati and I wouldnt notice for that Catherine Bell photo. Come to think of it, I dont think Ive managed to read a whole Boo post yet.

Quote from: Ulsterking on August 28, 2015, 06:13:19 PM
Doesnt matter. He could post the deepest darkest secrets of the Illuminati and I wouldnt notice for that Catherine Bell photo. Come to think of it, I dont think Ive managed to read a whole Boo post yet.

But...But....Catherine Bell is a witch.  OK, she's a good witch.

Quote from: redbeard on August 28, 2015, 04:12:24 PM

Opps! They will stall I'm sure but If they fail in appeal this info will be out before the election! I would also think who those request were from and who they were sent to will be really interesting!

Just dont let the IRS call Hillary for tech support, or youll never see a thing.