Top McCain aide urged IRS to audit conservative groups until ‘financially ruinous’

Top McCain aide urged IRS to audit conservative groups until ‘financially ruinous’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 25, 2018 A top aide on Sen. John McCain’s staff recommended that the IRS target conservative non-profit groups until they were financially unable to continue operating, a government watchdog group said. Judicial Watch released internal IRS documents revealing that Henry Kerner, McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security […]

Watchdog group calls for criminal inquiry of IRS for Obama-era abuses

Watchdog group calls for criminal inquiry of IRS for Obama-era abuses

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 Government watchdog group Judicial Watch, citing a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, said the Obama-era IRS’s practice of “losing” or “destroying” documents demands a criminal investigation. House Republicans in April called on the Justice Department to reopen the investigation into Lois Lerner and the […]

Tax cheat: IRS releases a few of the 7,000 documents it has withheld since 2013

Tax cheat: IRS releases a few of the 7,000 documents it has withheld since 2013

by WorldTribune Staff, April 11, 2017 IRS officials admitted the agency used “inappropriate political labels” in screening tax-exempt applications of Tea Party and other conservative groups, newly released documents show. Also among 695 pages of new documents obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit were records indicating the IRS was intent […]