Two Cinci #IRS Employees Testimony Implicates DC IRS Lawyer In #TeaParty Targeting “No Authority to Act Without Carter Hull”

On June 6th, 2013, in news, politics, by Velvet Hammer

A big step towards exposing Obama’s IRS officials’ –web of lies?

(WSJ) –Two Internal Revenue Service employees in the agency’s Cincinnati office told congressional investigators that IRS officials in Washington helped direct the probe of tea-party groups that began in 2010.

Transcripts of the interviews, viewed Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, appear to contradict earlier statements by top IRS officials, who have blamed lower-level workers in Cincinnati.

Elizabeth Hofacre said her office in Cincinnati sought help from IRS officials in the Washington unit that oversees tax-exempt organizations after she started getting the tea-party cases in April 2010. Ms. Hofacre said Carter Hull, an IRS lawyer in Washington, closely oversaw her work and suggested some of the questions asked applicants.

“I was essentially a front person, because I had no autonomy or no authority to act on [applications] without Carter Hull’s influence or input,” she said, according to the transcripts.

Mr. Hull could not be reached for comment.
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The interview transcripts suggest it began with a search for tea-party groups by name among applications from groups seeking tax-exempt status. The Cincinnati employee who conducted the search, Gary Muthert, said he started gathering applications in March 2010, at the request of an unidentified local manager, who allegedly told him that “Washington, D.C., wanted some cases,” according to the transcripts. Mr. Muthert first heard of tea-party applications from another Cincinnati employee.
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Ms. Hofacre said she was outraged last month when IRS higher-ups, including Lois Lerner, then the head of the IRS tax-exempt division, blamed the problem on employees in Cincinnati. “I was furious,” Ms. Hofacre told interviewers. “It looked like Lois Lerner was putting it on us.”

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WHO IS IRS LAWYER CARTER HULL – AND WHO IS HIS BOSS? WE NEED TO FIND OUT ALL THE CONNECTIONS HULL HAD WITH HIGHER UPS…

Update: Prior Tea Party targeting under Hull’s belt:

(Rummy Chick) –DC Carter Hull is the one that targeted Marianne Chifelle’s breakfasts
among others with HIS letter
http://media.aclj.org/pdf/irs-letter-from-washington-dc-office-unredacted.pdf

Rep. @MikeKellyPA at #IRS Hearing: “American People Are Frozen With Fear. We Have Gone Far Beyond Being Chilling” [Video]

On June 4th, 2013, in news, politics, by Velvet Hammer

“We have exceeded, we have gone way over what this government is supposed to be able to do.”

“If at some point we can not stop this culture of fear. This government sponsored fear. Then we are really coming up short on what the oath is that we took….We took an oath to defend our constitution.”

Bravo!

Previously:

Compelling! Tea Party Founder At #IRS Hearing: “Jackboot Of Tyranny Upon Field Of Our Founding Documents” [Video]

On June 4th, 2013, in news, politics, by Velvet Hammer

“My personal favorite was question number 33. Which in relation to protests, asked for a listing for our quote; “committed violations of local ordinances, breeches of public order or arrests“. Then it requested details on how we conduct or promote illegal activities. I think the IRS needs to fix it’s labeling machine, we’re the San Fernando Valley Patriots, not Occupy Oakland”

Full transcript here.

Powerful! Tea Party Prez Becky Gerritson at #IRS Hearing: “They Think They Are Our Masters” [Video]

On June 4th, 2013, in news, politics, by Velvet Hammer

“Our application was singled out solely because we had teaparty in our name. Government agents made invasive and excessive demands for information they were not entitled to. Congressman camp and this committee, this was not an accident, this is a willful act of intimidation to discourage a point of view”