- This is just incredible.
- What point of law or consistency is there in this refusal to make whole those who won in court against the IRS?
- It’s more “tales gooberment wins, heads victimized citizens lose”
- Bureaucrats can’t lose, operate with impunity
- Befuddled Sessions
- Trump needs to knock a few more heads
We represent True the Vote in their lawsuit against the IRS and Lois Lerner for their assault on conservative groups during the Obama Administration. As you may have heard, we settled the case with a court-ordered Consent Decree where the IRS admitted that they were wrong in targeting conservative groups for adverse treatment.
As a result of this court victory, TTV filed for reimbursement of their attorney fees caused by the IRS’s wrongful actions. However, to our shock and dismay, the Trump Justice Department, on behalf of the IRS, responded that TTV had actually lost the case and that the actions of the IRS in attacking conservative groups and litigating the matter for over 5 years was totally justified.
Catherine Engelbrecht, President of TTV, tells the story below. We will be responding in court on April 12th to this outrageous defense of the IRS by the DOJ.
James Bopp, Jr. Attorney The Bopp Law Firm, PC | www.bopplaw.com
Current Administration Defends IRS Targeting of American Citizens
Department of Justice Argues in Favor of Lois Lerner and Paves the Way for Future Abuse
In a stunning turn of events involving the True the Vote v. IRS lawsuit, Department of Justice attorneys, representing the Internal Revenue Service, have filed a strident opposition to True the Vote’s petition for consideration of fees, claiming victory for the IRS! Despite wholesale admissions of wrongdoing by the IRS and findings by the D.C. District Court that such wrongdoing is unlawful and unconstitutional, the DOJ now claims that conservative groups’ lawsuits did nothing to change the behavior of the Internal Revenue Service.
In the filing, the Department of Justice makes the following claims on behalf of the IRS:
all conservative groups lost
the IRS is legally free to resume its discriminatory practices targeting conservative groups
the IRS’s five-year legal battle against conservative groups was justified
It is impossible to distinguish the current DOJ’s arguments from the Obama DOJ’s actions that led to this litigation battle in the first place. (Full IRS filing can be found here). In this video, True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht responds to the IRS’s outrageous denial of wrongdoing:
“The current Administration is defending the IRS’s targeting of American citizens? How is that possible?”, said Ms. Engelbrecht, “After all the Congressional hearings, all the courtroom drama, all the stump speeches decrying what happened and promising ‘Never Again!’. Mr. President, if you want to make America great again, then with all due respect, start by cleaning house in two agencies that have gone completely off the rails. End IRS abuse, hold rogue agents accountable, and stop the DOJ’s games. We are citizens, not subjects, and we will not be silenced.”
True the Vote will file our final response with the court on April 12, 2018. We remain hopeful US District Judge Reggie Walton will issue a decision that sets the record straight and holds the IRS accountable for their unlawful actions.
