Although Nixon is quoted by John Dean as fuming "Why Can't We Use the IRS against them?"...he did not do so.
Thus...article two of the articles of impeachment used the term 'endeavoured'....
"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner."
Watergate Articles Of Impeachment
But the Chicago thug administration never stopped at 'endeavor'.....they went on to actually achieve the illegality....
The Obama team "obtained from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner."
Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't actually committing the crime worse than suggesting it?
1. "A little over a year ago, I reported that, It is likely that someone at the Internal Revenue Service illegally leaked confidential donor information showing a contribution from Mitt Romneys political action committee to the National Organization for Marriage, says the group.
2. There is little question that one or more employees at the IRS stole our confidential tax return and leaked it to our political enemies, in violation of federal law,...
3. In a 2012 speech, Sen. Mitch McConnell noted, The head of one national advocacy group has released documents which show that his groups confidential IRS information found its way into the hands of a staunch critic on the Left who also happens to be a co-chairman of President Obamas re-election committee. The only way this information could have been made public is if someone leaked it from inside the IRS.
The IRS admits to 'targeting' conservative groups, but were they also 'leaking'? | The Daily Caller
5. "In April 2012, the Huffington Post and the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, posted IRS documents indicating GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney had given $10,000 to the anti-gay marriage group.
6. In addition to being our principal combatant in the war on traditional marriage, [the Human Rights Campaigns] president at the time was serving as a co-chair of President Obamas reelection campaign, Brown said in Tuesdays statement. This is a chilling set of circumstances that should ring alarm bells across the nation.
National Organization for Marriage to sue IRS - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com
7. " Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012. At that time, Joe Solmonese, a left-wing activist and Huffington Post contributor, was the president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Solmonese was also a 2012 Obama campaign co-chairman.
Both the Huffington Post's Sam Stein and HRC described the leak as coming from a whistleblower.
a. Solmonese resigned his position at HRC the next day and took up a position as an Obama campaign co-chair.
8. In early April 2012, NOM published documents which it said showed this leaked confidential information did not come from a whistleblower but came directly from the Internal Revenue Service and was provided to NOM's political opponents, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
Claim: Obama Campaign Co-Chair Attacked Romney with Leaked IRS Docs
9.IRS staffer: "Everything comes from the top. We dont have any authority to make those decisions without someone signing off on them. There has to be a directive.
Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official: ?Everything comes from the top.? | WashingtonExaminer.com
If suggesting the use of the IRS against political opponents was an impeachable high crime and/or misdemeanor for the Nixon presidency.....
....how can it not be so for the Obama presidency?
Can the Right borrow some of the Left's tenets: "The nature of the evidence is irrelevant*; its the seriousness of the charge that matters.
Or, can we recall America from an earlier time: "in America, the law is King. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."
Common Sense, Thomas Paine.
Is this now a nation that considers, not the law, but who it is that breaks it?
Thus...article two of the articles of impeachment used the term 'endeavoured'....
"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner."
Watergate Articles Of Impeachment
But the Chicago thug administration never stopped at 'endeavor'.....they went on to actually achieve the illegality....
The Obama team "obtained from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner."
Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't actually committing the crime worse than suggesting it?
1. "A little over a year ago, I reported that, It is likely that someone at the Internal Revenue Service illegally leaked confidential donor information showing a contribution from Mitt Romneys political action committee to the National Organization for Marriage, says the group.
2. There is little question that one or more employees at the IRS stole our confidential tax return and leaked it to our political enemies, in violation of federal law,...
3. In a 2012 speech, Sen. Mitch McConnell noted, The head of one national advocacy group has released documents which show that his groups confidential IRS information found its way into the hands of a staunch critic on the Left who also happens to be a co-chairman of President Obamas re-election committee. The only way this information could have been made public is if someone leaked it from inside the IRS.
The IRS admits to 'targeting' conservative groups, but were they also 'leaking'? | The Daily Caller
5. "In April 2012, the Huffington Post and the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, posted IRS documents indicating GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney had given $10,000 to the anti-gay marriage group.
6. In addition to being our principal combatant in the war on traditional marriage, [the Human Rights Campaigns] president at the time was serving as a co-chair of President Obamas reelection campaign, Brown said in Tuesdays statement. This is a chilling set of circumstances that should ring alarm bells across the nation.
National Organization for Marriage to sue IRS - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com
7. " Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012. At that time, Joe Solmonese, a left-wing activist and Huffington Post contributor, was the president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Solmonese was also a 2012 Obama campaign co-chairman.
Both the Huffington Post's Sam Stein and HRC described the leak as coming from a whistleblower.
a. Solmonese resigned his position at HRC the next day and took up a position as an Obama campaign co-chair.
8. In early April 2012, NOM published documents which it said showed this leaked confidential information did not come from a whistleblower but came directly from the Internal Revenue Service and was provided to NOM's political opponents, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
Claim: Obama Campaign Co-Chair Attacked Romney with Leaked IRS Docs
9.IRS staffer: "Everything comes from the top. We dont have any authority to make those decisions without someone signing off on them. There has to be a directive.
Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official: ?Everything comes from the top.? | WashingtonExaminer.com
If suggesting the use of the IRS against political opponents was an impeachable high crime and/or misdemeanor for the Nixon presidency.....
....how can it not be so for the Obama presidency?
Can the Right borrow some of the Left's tenets: "The nature of the evidence is irrelevant*; its the seriousness of the charge that matters.
Or, can we recall America from an earlier time: "in America, the law is King. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."
Common Sense, Thomas Paine.
Is this now a nation that considers, not the law, but who it is that breaks it?
