Jeanne Douglas <hlwd...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in news:hlwdjsd2-
F5A478.143...@news.giganews.com:
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lu...@nofreelunch.us> wrote: his normal crap.
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>> IRS TARGETED CATHOLIC LEAGUE
>> Bill Donohue has written a piece for Newsmax explaining, for the first
>> time, how the IRS targeted the Catholic League right after Barack
>> Obama was elected president in 2008. The lawyers who triggered the
>> complaint did so at the behest of a left-wing activist who worked for
>> a George Soros-funded organization; Donohue has the proof. The same
>> activist sought to get Donohue thrown off TV.
>
>
> Do you have any evidence for these ridiculous assertions?
Here is the full text of Dr. William Donohue's article:
http://www.newsmax.com/BillDonohue/IRS-Catholic-League-
Soros/2013/05/16/id/504883
The problems with the IRS extend beyond playing politics with
conservative groups seeking a tax-exempt status. I have never made this
public before, but given the heightened interest in the way the IRS has
conducted itself, the time has come to disclose what happened.
Just weeks after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, I was
notified by the IRS that the Catholic League was under investigation for
violating the IRS Code on political activities as it relates to 501(c)(3)
organizations. What the IRS did not know was that I had proof who
contacted them to launch the investigation: Catholics United, a George
Soros-funded Catholic organization.
The IRS was contacted on June 5, 2008, to launch a probe of the Catholic
League, and the letter sent to me was dated Nov. 24, 2008. The June 5
letter was sent to the IRS by lawyers from Catholics United; it was
mailed to Director Marsha Ramirez, director of Exempt Organizations
Examinations, and to Lois G. Lerner, director of EO Division.
The "evidence" against me was nothing more than news releases and
articles I had written during the presidential campaign on various
issues. The lawyers also asked the IRS to question the source of new
funding we had received, implying that we received illegal contributions.
The timing is not coincidental. On Oct. 20, I issued a news release,
"George Soros Funds Catholic Left," and on Oct. 23, I wrote another one,
"Catholic Left Scandal Mounts"; both mentioned Catholics United. The same
day, Oct. 23, I was asked to go on CNN, and when Catholics United found
out, they contacted the station trying to spike the interview.
The person who did this was the head of Catholics United, Chris Korzen.
He said I was not "an authentic Catholic commentator and representative
of the Catholic Church," and that they should either drop me altogether
or put me on with Alexia Kelley of Catholics in Alliance for the Common
Good (Catholics United is listed on the 990 of Catholics in Alliance as a
related organization; Soros greases this group, and by extension,
Catholics United).
The bid to keep me off TV failed. But here's the key: Korzen was dumb
enough to share with CNN the complaint issued by his group to the IRS.
The document, which was leaked to me by someone at CNN, matches up
extraordinarily well with the IRS complaint of Nov. 24.
In the end, the IRS concluded that although the Catholic League had
"intervened in a political campaign," it was "unintentional, isolated,
non-egregious and non-recurring"; our tax-exempt status remained intact.
This is false: I intentionally addressed political issues, and did not
intervene in the campaign, unless, of course, my freedom to speak about
political issues is a violation of the IRS Code. If that is the case,
then this IRS unit should fold.
So the problem extends beyond the IRS. It extends to left-wing activists,
funded by left-wing tycoons, all for the purpose of silencing
conservatives. It's time someone was held accountable for this obscene
political game.
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