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Correspondent byron york is here with the latest. i thought we were done with lois lerner a little bit. not at all. now we learn that she sent very, very confidential information about some conservative groups to the federal election commissions, which is completely against the law. the irs is not allowed to share confidential taxpayer information with anybody else, even if they re another government agency. and she is a lawyer? correct. she worked at the fec from 1981 to 2001 and that s when she went to the snirs. that s correct. what she sent them was the amount some of these groups had raised, their experience expenses, how much they paid their employees by name. all this kind of stuff that you have to supply to the irs to try to get tax exempt the fec had asked for information about these groups. and they specifically asked public information. they were not asking for anything private. there was in note from the fec about a group called the american future fund. and the f ....
Chief political correspondent byron york is here with the latest. i thought we were done with lois lerner a little bit. not at all. now we learn that she sent very, very confidential information about some conservative groups to the federal election commissions, which is completely against the law. the irs is not allowed to share confidential taxpayer information with anybody else, even if they re another government agency. and she is a lawyer? correct. she worked at the fec from 1981 to 2001 and that s when she went to the snirs. that s correct. what she sent them was the amount some of these groups had raised, their experience expenses, how much they paid their employees by name. all this kind of stuff that you have to supply to the irs to try to get tax exempt the fec had asked for information about these groups. and they specifically asked public information. they were not asking for anything private. there was in note from the fec about a group called the american future ....
There were some sec staff that reached out to the irs, in 2008 regarding a few conservative groups. as you know, the irs has already come under fire for targeting conservative groups, this was made public by folks in the house of representatives. what business does the sec have going to the irs for information, and was this private or was it public or private information. well, originally the sec, it was an sec investigator reached out to the irs directly to lois learner, the person who has come under the most fire at the irs, asking for information about the american future fund. the request was for information generally. the irs could not provide general information. eventually, the irs did provide public information. your thoughts about that? i mean well, it is it s very suspicious. look, you have the sec and the irs, these agencies that can do real damage to people. ....
There were some sec staff that reached out to the irs, in 2008 regarding a few conservative groups. as you know, the irs has already come under fire for targeting conservative groups, this was made public by folks in the house of representatives. what business does the sec have going to the irs for information, and was this private or was it public or private information. well, originally the sec, it was an sec investigator reached out to the irs directly to lois learner, the person who has come under the most fire at the irs, asking for information about the american future fund. the request was for information generally. the irs could not provide general information. eventually, the irs did provide public information. your thoughts about that? i mean well, it is it s very suspicious. look, you have the sec and the irs, these agencies that can do real damage to people. ....
Out directly to lois lerner? maybe directly to the website or make a photo copy, exactly the kind of thing you would do. third, after this initial contact that happened in july of 2008, a mere two business days later the irs sent a questioner to the american future fund. these are very real questions that the irs needs to answer. the congress has asked both the fec and the irs to produce any communications between the two agencies. i m glad they ve done that to get to the bottom of what could be a new development in the irs debacle. before it gets to the fec what is peculiar is that bob bauer which is a long-time lawyer in town and under the president, he is now at the white house, but before that, he was on the president s team for re-election. he, incidentally, married to ....