After minuscule IRS settlement to tea party groups, Lerner’s testimony remains under seal

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After minuscule IRS settlement to tea party groups, Lerner’s testimony remains under seal

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2018 A U.S. district judge last month awarded what amounts to $17,000 each to more than 100 tea party groups illegally targeted by the IRS for political purposes before the 2012 elections. Judge Michael R. Barrett, who called the $3.5 million settlement “fair, reasonable and adequate,” also allowed the testimony […]

FBI called complicit in Justice Department’s exoneration of IRS official Lois Lerner

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FBI called complicit in Justice Department’s exoneration of IRS official Lois Lerner

by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2017 The FBI’s damage-control role discouraged the Justice Department from prosecuting former IRS official Lois Lerner in the tax agency’s targeting of conservative groups, a watchdog group said. The decision not to reopen the Lerner investigation “comes as no surprise considering that the FBI collaborated with the IRS and is […]