Category Archives: tax law and election law
“Second federal judge wants info on lost IRS emails”
AP: “A second federal judge has ordered the IRS to provide information about lost emails from a central figure in the agency’s tea party controversy. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said Friday he wants to know whatever became… Continue reading
“Is this super PAC subverting disclosure rules? Georgia’s GOP Senate primary attracts cash from super PAC funded by two ‘dark money’ nonprofits”
This was exactly what I worried about when we first saw the emergence of these Crossroads GPS-type groups.
“Interpreting The IRS Emails, Washington-Style”
“Emails Point to IRS Officials Using Instant Messages; Messages Weren’t Routinely Archived, Adding to Lawmaker Concerns About Document Handling”
Cleta Mitchell Talks IRS Mess with WSJ Opinion Journal
“Conservative groups take the IRS to court”
“Lawyers: Ditch suit against IRS, workers”
News from Ohio: “In a federal courtroom in downtown Cincinnati, there ensued a battle of attorneys Monday in the Tea Party-IRS scandal.”
NYT Public Editor Weighs in on Times’ Coverage of IRS Mess
Sullivan:
My take:
The Times was somewhat late in beginning to cover the latest development about the lost emails. My office had begun to field several days’ worth of reader protests on the lack of attention when the first… Continue reading
“The Maddening Illogic of the IRS ‘Coverup’ Conspiracy Theory”
Brian Beutler writes for TNR.
“Camp: Grassley Targeted By Lois Lerner at IRS”
“I.R.S. Did Not Follow Law After Loss of Official’s Emails, Archivist Says”
NYT: “The Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report a hard drive crash that destroyed emails belonging to a senior official at the center of a scandal over the agency’s treatment of conservative-leaning… Continue reading
IRS Agrees to Pay $50K in Damages for Leaking NOM’s Confidential Tax Information
Big news for IRS to admit wrongdoing and pay.
“Testy Exchange Erupts as I.R.S. Chief Is Questioned on Messages”
NYT: “Representative Darrell Issa of California, the Republican who is leading one of the investigations into the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of Tea Party groups, accused the I.R.S. commissioner on Monday of lying, an allegation that only deepened… Continue reading