Judge OKs $3.5M settlement between IRS, tea party groups
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A judge this week approved a settlement between the IRS and hundreds of tea party groups, in which the federal agency agreed to pay out $3.5 million, reports said.
The conservative groups were the subjects of illegal and unwarranted scrutiny by the federal agency for political purposes, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported .
"It shows that when a government agency desires to target citizens based on their viewpoints, a price will be paid," said Edward Greim, a lawyer who led the class-action case in federal court in Cincinnati, according to the Washington Times .
The tea party groups received a "sincere apology" from the IRS, and the government agreed to a declaratory judgment that "it is wrong" to srutinize a tax return because of a taxpayer's name or political philosophy, the report said.
"I'm not frankly aware of any other class-action lawsuit against the IRS for anything where the IRS paid money," Mark Meckler, who as president of Citizens for Self Governance funded the class-action challenge, previously told the Times when the settlement was submitted for final approval a few weeks ago.
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Wow. So when Democrats are found guilty of using the IRS to bully political opponents "I'm sorry" 3.5 million and no MSM coverage is an adequate penalty? WTF?
Just make that check out to the RNC, that's where the original laundered money was headed anyway.
Right. Nothing to see here...
like removing security clearances of outspoken critics exercising their Constitutional rights?
Brennan has his 1st Amendment rights. His security clearance privileges have been revoked. He politicized the CIA, lied to congress, has been on a crusade against the President and may have helped to launch a baseless investigation (a coup)
bingo
Why hasn't Flynn had his removed???
No they haven't.
Trump tweet does not make the law, plus most of his people have learned to ignore his 2 am toilet tweets.
They reported what Trump said.
Like so many other things, what Trump says is different from what he says. Have you called Trump out for being a liar yet? He said that he did it.
Was it??
White House insists former CIA chief Brennan has no security clearance, says paperwork ‘delayed’
Like his transgender ban, it doesn't count until he does it the proper way. Tweets do not make policy.
Agreed!
Lerner got away with her pension and what about the Obama Justice Department review? They should be charged with obstruction of justice