For Immediate Release
Contact:
Don Adams, 215.620.3055
Cort
Rosholt, 609.354.8767
First Group to Call for Special Prosecutor,
Reiterates its Demand;
Says Attorney General
Eric Holder Cannot Conduct a Credible
Investigation
Philadelphia, PA (May 17, 2013) -- The Independence Hall Tea Party
Association, the largest and oldest independent Tea Party group in the Tri-State
region, and, as of this past Monday morning, the first conservative group in the
nation to call on the Obama Administration to appoint a special prosecutor to
investigate the IRS scandal, is reiterating its demand today--especially in
light of what has been learned since the news story surfaced last Friday. (See
original news stories links and press release below.)
"Late Monday afternoon, the public learned that the Obama
administration, with Attorney General Eric Holder's approval, wiretapped the
Associated Press and, perhaps, other news outlets," said Association
President
Teri Adams.
"On Tuesday of this past week, the Treasury Department's Inspector
General disclosed, in his report, that nearly 500 conservative groups who
applied for tax-exempt status dating back to March, 2010, many of them Tea Party
and Patriot organizations, had been targeted for harassment by the IRS with
burdensome delays and inappropriate inquiries."
"The following day, Eric Holder said the Office of Attorney
General would
lead an investigation into the brewing IRS Scandal.
"That's just not acceptable," said Ms. Adams. "Mr. Holder, as a
representative of the Obama Administration, which could possibly be implicated
in this scandal and one involving the wiretapping of various news outlets, has a
serious conflict of interest.
"While Congressional hearings are also taking place in the House of
Representatives, those proceedings are subject to criticism, legitimate or not,
that they are partisan in nature.
"That is why a special prosecutor or counsel should immediately
be
appointed to investigate this highly explosive scandal," said Ms.
Adams.
"The appointment of a special prosecutor is the only serious way to
get to the bottom of this mess."
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Don
Adams, 215.620.3055
Cort Rosholt, 609.354.8767
Group Demands Special Prosecutor Be Appointed in IRS
Scandal; Suggests Obama Administration Could Be Implicated
Philadelphia, PA (May 13, 2013) -- The Independence
Hall Tea Party Association, the largest independent Tea Party group in the
Tri-State region, is calling on the Obama Administration to appoint a special
prosecutor to get to the bottom of the recent IRS scandal.
A rather peculiar and
curiously-timed statement issued this past Friday, by mid-level IRS
administrator Lois Lerner, said that the agency had been singling out Tea Party
and Patriot groups who filed for 501c tax-exempt status by forcing them to
undergo additional burdensome scrutiny above and beyond the standard application
process.
IRS intimidation of
conservative groups has been ongoing since 2010.
"None of this is news to the
Independence Hall Tea Party Association," said Association President Teri
Adams. "Due to our concerns with the Obama Administration's influence over the
IRS, the Association decided not to file for federal tax-exempt status."
"In addition, unlike most
Tea Party groups across the nation, we formed a federal PAC to handle political
endorsements and activities--making it less likely that we would become targets
of an IRS inquiry.
"The harassment of
conservative groups by an arm of the US government is frightening, un-American,
and Nixonesque," said Ms. Adams.
"We call on the Obama
administration to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS and any
other government entity or official linked to this brewing scandal. This would
include anyone directly or indirectly connected to the Obama
administration.
"As for the IRS, the
Association, like everyone else, is waiting for the full report of the Treasury
Department's Inspector General--which is expected in the next few days.
"The Inspector General's
report, we insist, should signal the beginning of a more thorough
investigation--not the last word in this highly explosive affair."
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