Print Wynton Hall Read Full Bio Obama Appointed IRS Union President to Group in Charge of Federal Raises in 2010 The week after Republicans’ historic 2010 midterm election landslide, President Barack Obama appointed the union president that represents “tens of thousands in the IRS,” Colleen Kelley, to a key Administration post. Two years later, that union, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), contributed $580,412 to federal candidates—94% of which were Democrats. 17 May 2013 Obama on IRS Scandal: 'I Certainly Did Not Know Anything' On Thursday, President Barack Obama held a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and answered one reporter’s questions about the widening scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of nearly 500 conservative groups over the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. 16 May 2013 10 Questions Obama Must Answer on IRS Scandal Obama will face reporters on Thursday to answer questions about the IRS scandal that placed nearly 500 conservative organizations in the IRS’s crosshairs during the 2010 and 2012 elections. 16 May 2013 IRS Chief: Two 'Rogue' Employees Went 'Off the Reservation' Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Steven Miller reportedly now claims the IRS has identified two “rogue” employees who were “overly aggressive” and went “off the reservation” in targeting nearly 500 conservative organizations. 15 May 2013 IRS Manual: 5 Years in Prison, $5,000 Fine for Leaking Tax Docs The Inspector General report released late Tuesday omitted the names of the IRS agents or personnel involved in targeting tea party and limited government groups. But according to the official IRS manual, any individuals found to have engaged in the “unauthorized disclosure of a return or return information” may be subject to felony charges punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and five years in prison. 15 May 2013 IRS Demanded Tea Party Reading Lists, Facebook Posts The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demanded that limited government and tea party groups produce Facebook posts, donor lists, and even what books group members were reading, reports Politico. 15 May 2013 Sen. Warren Asks AG Holder Why No Wall Street Prosecutions Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder inquiring as to why the Department of Justice failed to prosecute a single major Wall Street bank executive in the wake of the financial meltdown. 14 May 2013 Progressive Group: IRS Gave Us Conservative Groups' Confidential Docs The progressive-leaning investigative journalism group ProPublica says the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office that targeted and harassed conservative tax-exempt groups during the 2012 election cycle gave the progressive group nine confidential applications of conservative groups whose tax-exempt status was pending. 14 May 2013 Obama Benghazi Statements Highlight Low Intel Briefing Attendance Record During a Monday press conference, President Barack Obama dismissed concerns and congressional inquiries into the Benghazi talking points by referring to "assessments that I was receiving at that time in my presidential daily briefing." As Breitbart News exclusively reported the day after the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack, Obama did not attend his intelligence briefings for the week leading up to the attacks. 14 May 2013 Conservative Group Says IRS Leaked Docs to Rival The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) says someone inside the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) leaked its confidential tax return to one of its chief political opponents, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). HRC’s president, Joe Solomonese, served as the co-chairman of the Obama reelection campaign. 13 May 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
Obama Appointed IRS Union President to Group in Charge of Federal Raises in 2010 The week after Republicans’ historic 2010 midterm election landslide, President Barack Obama appointed the union president that represents “tens of thousands in the IRS,” Colleen Kelley, to a key Administration post. Two years later, that union, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), contributed $580,412 to federal candidates—94% of which were Democrats. 17 May 2013
Obama on IRS Scandal: 'I Certainly Did Not Know Anything' On Thursday, President Barack Obama held a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and answered one reporter’s questions about the widening scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of nearly 500 conservative groups over the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. 16 May 2013
10 Questions Obama Must Answer on IRS Scandal Obama will face reporters on Thursday to answer questions about the IRS scandal that placed nearly 500 conservative organizations in the IRS’s crosshairs during the 2010 and 2012 elections. 16 May 2013
IRS Chief: Two 'Rogue' Employees Went 'Off the Reservation' Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Steven Miller reportedly now claims the IRS has identified two “rogue” employees who were “overly aggressive” and went “off the reservation” in targeting nearly 500 conservative organizations. 15 May 2013
IRS Manual: 5 Years in Prison, $5,000 Fine for Leaking Tax Docs The Inspector General report released late Tuesday omitted the names of the IRS agents or personnel involved in targeting tea party and limited government groups. But according to the official IRS manual, any individuals found to have engaged in the “unauthorized disclosure of a return or return information” may be subject to felony charges punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and five years in prison. 15 May 2013
IRS Demanded Tea Party Reading Lists, Facebook Posts The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demanded that limited government and tea party groups produce Facebook posts, donor lists, and even what books group members were reading, reports Politico. 15 May 2013
Sen. Warren Asks AG Holder Why No Wall Street Prosecutions Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder inquiring as to why the Department of Justice failed to prosecute a single major Wall Street bank executive in the wake of the financial meltdown. 14 May 2013
Progressive Group: IRS Gave Us Conservative Groups' Confidential Docs The progressive-leaning investigative journalism group ProPublica says the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office that targeted and harassed conservative tax-exempt groups during the 2012 election cycle gave the progressive group nine confidential applications of conservative groups whose tax-exempt status was pending. 14 May 2013
Obama Benghazi Statements Highlight Low Intel Briefing Attendance Record During a Monday press conference, President Barack Obama dismissed concerns and congressional inquiries into the Benghazi talking points by referring to "assessments that I was receiving at that time in my presidential daily briefing." As Breitbart News exclusively reported the day after the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack, Obama did not attend his intelligence briefings for the week leading up to the attacks. 14 May 2013
Conservative Group Says IRS Leaked Docs to Rival The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) says someone inside the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) leaked its confidential tax return to one of its chief political opponents, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). HRC’s president, Joe Solomonese, served as the co-chairman of the Obama reelection campaign. 13 May 2013
Sources challenge White House claim of all-hands-on-deck pursuit of Benghazi suspects21 May 2013, 2:32 PM PDT
Sources challenge White House claim of all-hands-on-deck pursuit of Benghazi suspects21 May 2013, 2:32 PM PDT