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The fact of the matter is, i read the report, what it says is that groups on the left who sub milted applications were initially screened and then they were given the green light. they -- it was the conservative groups who had the words tea party or patriot. it was expanded to include the word constitutional. what people need to understand is theres been no list of liberal groups who have been waiting three years, almost four years for their tax exempt status. i represent a number of clients, al...

Read the report, what it says is that groups on the left who sub milted applications were initially screened and then they were given the green light. they -- it was the conservative groups who had the words tea party or patriot. it was expanded to include the word constitutional. what people need to understand is theres been no list of liberal groups who have been waiting three years, almost four years for their tax exempt status. i represent a number of clients, almost a dozen. and of those gr...

When she ran around the corner, she observed you and inmate teresa westbury in a physical altercation where you were kicking and stomping her. you understand your rights? the recommended charge right now is a c-4 and a c-3. as you are aware, i can either agree with that. dont get happy yet, jennifer. because you know i can either agree with that or up the charge to the next charge. okay? >> okay. >> so i am going to charge you with the c-4. im going to dismiss the c-3 because the officer said wh...

She observed you and inmate teresa westbury in a physical altercation where you were kicking and stomping her. you understand your rights? the recommended charge right now is a c-4 and a c-3. as you are aware, i can either agree with that. dont get happy yet, jennifer. because you know i can either agree with that or up the charge to the next charge. okay? >> okay. >> so i am going to charge you with the c-4. im going to dismiss the c-3 because the officer said when she gave you the directions t...

>> brian: irs commissioner danny werfel testifying at one of the three hearing this is week on the irss targeting of conservative groups. today organizations targeted for their personal beliefs get a chance to speak out perhaps for the first time, including our next guest. kevin is the founder of lynch pins of liberty and he joins us right now. kevin, first off, what is it your organization do? whats its message and mission? >> thank you for having me. lynchpins of liberty is an american leaders...

After numerous and repeated calls to the irs which went unreturned i finally reached agent ron bell in cincinnati. when i inquired of him why my application was taking so long, he said, we have been waiting on guidance from our superiors as to your organization and similar organizations. we have now received that guidance and you will receive your answer first in, first out basis. although linchpins of liberty is a 501(c)(3) and not a c-4 like many organizations here today we do share one common...

Is it a reasonable investigation or political theater or is it a little of both. >> you get politicians involved you will get theater and oftentimes way off broadway-style theater, but there is an important question. there is an important question here and the evidence is that there were buzz words that clearly were identifying tea party organizations, conservative organizations and it raises the apprehension legitimately, in my mind as to whether this has been politically motivate as opposed to...

Its over because people -- kind of back to your point, bob, you dont really have to worry if youre the left because they have to balance out their assaults. >> here is why they dont have to. the issue with the tea party. the irs wasnt after the tea party over a 01 c 4 status. on the right is the tea party. on the left, move on action civic committee. media matters, progressives united. they didnt target them. they only went for the tea party. here is the problem, though. so now the left is tryin...

Senate seat. fresh off that news, mcconnells campaign released one of those online overproduced campaign ads that look like jerry bruk hiemer trailer, if broouk hiemer made movies about the house oversight committee. its focusing on testimony in the irs tea party 501-c-4 scandal. then theres this moment -- >> im not aware of that. >> i dont know. >> i have no memory of anyone doing that. >> i didnt know that. >> im not personally responsible. >> do you believe it is illegal? >> i dont believe it...

Been doing wrong. why didnt you return our phone calls? why didnt you answer the phone? why in particular did you botch that kidnapping of the canadian diplomat? you didnt ask for enough money. >>gretchen: what really got me was apparently he also botched filing expense reports and also he was not a team player. >>brian: he went out on his own. >>gretchen: how do you file expense reports to people hiding in caves? >>brian: im amazing. >>steve: the hard part is getting a receipt for c-4. >>brian:...