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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:24 PM Jun 2014

Court orders US to pay conservative group $50K

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has ordered the U.S. government to pay $50,000 to a conservative group that says confidential information from its tax returns about its donors was published on the website of a political opponent.

The board chairman of the National Organization for Marriage said Tuesday that his group still wants to learn more about how the information from a 2008 tax form emerged from the IRS.

John Eastman’s group opposes same-sex marriage. The information about his organization’s donors ended up being published in 2012 by the Human Rights Campaign, which supports gay rights.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a consent judgment dated Monday ordering the U.S. to pay the $50,000.



Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/court_orders_us_to_pay_conservative_group_50k/

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Court orders US to pay conservative group $50K (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP
Shouldn't be able to hide donors anyway. rickyhall Jun 2014 #1
Yes - but we should also be able to trust the IRS to follow the law. Nt hack89 Jun 2014 #2
Any chance an insider leaked that information? groundloop Jun 2014 #3
What's the difference? Psephos Jun 2014 #5
If the insider was at the RW group, it makes a BIG difference jmowreader Jun 2014 #6
You probably buy the "my dog ate the email backup tape" story too. Psephos Jun 2014 #7
Seems fair. 840high Jun 2014 #4

groundloop

(11,520 posts)
3. Any chance an insider leaked that information?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:25 PM
Jun 2014

Seems more plausible than the IRS handing out confidential information.

Psephos

(8,032 posts)
5. What's the difference?
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 12:28 AM
Jun 2014

If the insider is in a position to disburse information illegally without intervention, then the IRS is at fault by definition.

A politicized IRS damages everyone, and will only grow more out of control over time, as with all rogue government power consolidation. Red Team vs. Blue Team thinking is what they *want* you to do. Think about why.

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
6. If the insider was at the RW group, it makes a BIG difference
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 12:43 AM
Jun 2014

The National Organization for Marriage very well could have handed their information over to the other website so that they could then start screaming, "Woo! Woo! IRS! Evil! Impeach Obama!"

And I wouldn't be surprised if it went down exactly that way.

Psephos

(8,032 posts)
7. You probably buy the "my dog ate the email backup tape" story too.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:10 AM
Jun 2014

Lerner pleaded the Fifth.

Quit being such a sucker for this manufactured red vs. blue bullshit. The real setup is power elites vs. the rest of us. Occupy had it right.





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