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z street is a purely educationalg organization, all we did is educate people. we didn t spend money or send money anywhere for anything to anyone. so it s absurd. but beyond that, you know, are they looking at every organization where terrorism happens? because at this point, i am not aware of any country on the planet where terrorism doesn t happen. shannon: your next step, i understand, is in july in federal court, what will happen? what do you hope will happen? it s our first court hearing, that we filed in august of 2010. it s a hearing on the government s motion to dismiss our complaint. so i am very hopeful that we will be able to defeat their motion to dismiss our complaint and finally move forward. all we are looking for with our lawsuit is information about how they the irs determined which organizations they are going to ....
Necessarily the white house. that remains up for grabs exactly where that information came from. brian: it s more than tea party groups. a virginia-based leadership group, they asked for a 501-c-3. their goal was to train young conservative activists. audited in 2011 and 2012. they were asked to produce 23 #,000 pages of documents for the i.r.s. and a bunch of questions about where the interns came from, where they are currently employed. that question came from the i.r.s. s baltimore office. steve: the question is: did the i.r.s. target groups that support israel? in particular there is one called z street, they applied for a special tax-exempt status and they were really cracked down on, various application processes. they told the auditors they contacted washington and said why is it taking ....
With groups that have tea party or patriot in their name. a pro-israel organization called z street told us yesterday about the problems it was having with the irs. our corporate counsel started calling the irs agent assigned to our case asking what was holding up the application. and finally in july the irs agent assigned to our file told her that we were delayed because the irs had to give special scrutiny to organizations connected to israel. democratic lawmakers have been critical about what they have heard, what they have read about the irs looking into these groups. we will see if they want to go a little further today after their policy lunches in the 2:00 hour or so. and, of course, we are all waiting for an inspector general s report to come out sometime this week, looking at the irs matter. jenna? jenna: a lot of details yet to ....
Spending, even the constitution. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for an investigation. the conclusion that the irs came to that they did have agents who were engaged in intimidation of political groups. is as dangerous a problem the government can have and i don t care if you re a conservative, a liberal, a democrat or a republican, this should send a chill up your spine. this is something that we can not let stand. it needs to have a full investigation. i don t know where it stops or who is involved. whoever is involved, through a fact-based investigation and it has to being external. clearly shown they can t do it themselves. martha: serious stuff. let s go to chief congressional correspondent mike iaea manual who joins us live. what can you till us about the latest on that. reporter: fox news confirmed a pro-israel group called z street, it was targeted by the irs because it opposed president obama s on israel. that also suggests it was ....
Investigated and some of her colleagues want former secretary clinton to testify before it bret? bret: wendell goler live on the north lawn. thank you. the president is calling for full accountability in the irs scandal. mike emanuel has new information about additional items. someone may have to be accountable for. a time line obtained by fox news reveals the irs examined more than groups with tea party or patriot in their name. a leader of a tea party group wants to know who is behind it. i don t know whether it came from the top or the or not. no way a couple of low level employees out of cincinnati, ohio, had this much influence and would effect so many groups across the country. literally it was coast to coast. pro israel group called z street filed for tax exempt status in december of 2009 and then its legal counsel received odd questions in the spring of 2010. the irs agent assigned to our file told her that we were delayed because the ....