the irs told pro publica not only should they not have sent those applications but there is actually a law against releasing unauthorized returns. there is a law against exactly what the irs had itself just done. they went on to sort of threateningly tell pro publica this was a felony punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and imprison of up to five years as if it was their fault. they know they got the documents from the irs they weren t supposed to have but the irs is the one who screwed up. they sent those documents illegally to reporters. is the buntd r bundled handling of those documents connected to the bigger scandal, the irs
the tea party movement has been falsely aligned from its inception because it was feared. it was feared because it was an organic, spontaneous uprising against big government. makes me feel like i m 38 again. congresswoman michele bachmann still exists. it turns out and was back front and center leading a tea party rally again on the steps of the capitol. ooh, old times. after dissolving into the things like the michele bachmann for president campaign and other things that didn t turn out to much, the tea party movement now wants to be back on the wings of the irs scandal that they an other conservative groups got singled out for extra scrutiny in their applications to the irs for tax exempt status. that s a thing that they naturally think is terrible an not at all the kind of thing that the irs should be doing. awkwardness of the politics here is that everybody agrees with them on this, including their nemesis, president obama himself.
the tea party movement has been falsely aligned from its inbig iovernment. makes me feel like i m 38 again. congresswoman michele bachmann still exists. it turns out and was back front and center leading a tea party rally again on the steps of the capitol. oh, old times. after dissolving into the things like the michele bachmann for president campaign and other things that didn t turn out to much, the tea party movement now wants to be back on the wings of the irs scandal that they an other conservative groups got singled out for extra scrutiny in their applications to the irs for tax exempt status. that s a thing that they naturally think is terrible and not at all the kind of thing that the irs should be doing. awkwardness of the politics here is that everybody agrees with them on this, including their nemesis, president obama himself. president obama last night demanded and received the red rsignation of the acting commissioner of the irs today, a second top irs official was
been falsely aligned from its inception because it was feared. it was feared because it was an organic, spontaneous uprising against big government. makes me feel like i m 38 again. congresswoman michele bachmann still exists. it turns out and was back front and center leading a tea party rally again on the steps of the capitol. ! ooh, old times. after dissolving into the things like the michele bachmann for president campaign and other things that didn t turn out to much, the tea party movement now wants to be back on the wings of the irs scandal that they an other conservative groups got singled out for extra scrutiny in their applications to the irs for tax exempt status. that s a thing that they naturally think is terrible an not at all the kind of thing that the irs should be doing. awkwardness of the politics here is that everybody agrees with them on this, including their nemesis, president obama himself. president obama last night demanded and received the red
documentation for all of those 67 groups they asked for but they did hand over files from 31 of the groups. nine of those 31 applications had not yet been approve by the irs. and if the application has not been approved, it s supposed to be secret. the irs is not supposed to release that information to anyone until the application has gone through the whole process and been approved. if it is still pending it is supposed to be private but the irs sent it out anyway which is bad. maybe it is an oops, but even if it is an oops, it is bad. even getting those nine unapproved applications, pro publica was like, hey, we re not supposed to have these! they got in touch with the irs and said, essentially, hey, why did you send these to us? aren t you not supposed to do that? these are unapproved applications. the irs responded oh, you re right, we shouldn t have done that. pro publica posted a detailed article about it tonight if you want to collection it out.