IRS agents: Public testimony would put their lives in danger

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 12:32 pm, Sunday, May 14, 2017



CINCINNATI (AP) — IRS officials facing a tea party lawsuit over alleged targeting say their lives would be in danger if they testify publicly.

The federal lawsuit in Cincinnati is one of several filed against the IRS over its handling of applications for tax-exempt status from conservative groups.

Lois Lerner and Holly Paz have indicated in court filings that they received death threats and have been harassed after the allegations of anti-conservative bias surfaced in 2013.

Their attorneys say evidence filed under seal shows making their testimony public would put them in "serious jeopardy."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/IRS-agents-say-public-testimony-puts-their-lives-11144833.php

[PatrickforO]

1. That's the problem. Their lives would be in danger.

That fact itself is the main problem with our current level of polarization. All you have to do is disagree with one of these inbred, ignorant, uneducated, redneck, white supremacist ku kluxers, and you will be in genuine physical danger.

[elleng]

2. Right. Serious problems for us all,

given 'the others' disinclination toward addressing our differences peacefully.

[TheDebbieDee]

3. These thugs carry many different ideologies...

Sovereign Citizens, groups who think taxation is theft of their money, groups who want to re-establish white rule... But all these groups have one thing in common - they all incite acts of dissent against the government! And the government is US!

[burrowowl]

4. If true we are in

serious danger from the alt right!