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>> great to be back on the show. >> let me ask you first if i summarized that in a way that -- did i miss anything important or are those the right basics. >> i think you got it, just a couple points worth emphasizing here. some of what has come in this probe is that scott walker was personally involved in raising money for the wisconsin club for growth. there are e-mails in which this is -- his aids refer to the governor as a wisconsin club for growth as your 501c4. that we should steer donations through this group to have correct messages to defend the governor's record in advertisements. th...

Conservatives seeking 501c4 stat tis. i am beginning to wonder whether i should do the hearing. >> it was obvious the ways and means committee, he had information that he was considering putting out that would have enlightened the american people before the election and he with held it. >> democrat elijah cummings is critical of the way this report was handled, saying it is revealing that the republicans yet again are leaking cherry picked excerpts of documents to support their preconceived political narrative. meanwhile the budget was cut $345 million. agency leadership is warning there may b...

Do you think it's dangerous to america if these 501c3 charities commandeered for the political spending? what kind of political landscape do you see if that happens? >> do i think it's dangerous? ronan, what we're talking about is fundamental undermining of american democracy. what goes on now in america in an election especially like in november is the vast majority of the people no longer vote. low-income people, working people to the tune of 80% don't vote and billionaire families like the koch brothers and others pouring hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars into the political proce...

Said, "enforce the law as written." that was my comment to the irs. i wasn't the only one who did that. i know there were some organizations in washington who are pushing in that direction, but most people are pushing in a direction of saying, let us continue to abuse this and let us decide how we should define who is allowed to abuse the 501c4 status. and the crazy thing about it, ari, the only reason to use 501c4 status is to hide your donors. if you could not use 501c4 status for your political activities, you could set up another way of doing it that would financially work out exactly the ...

501c4 status. and the crazy thing about it, ari, the only reason to use 501c4 status is to hide your donors. if you could not use 501c4 status for your political activities, you could set up another way of doing it that would financially work out exactly the same way, but it would reveal who's actually giving you the money, and so that's pretty much what it's about. you know, they've got 50 years now of interpreting this the wrong way, a 50-year-old regulation, which changed the meaning of the law from exclusively to primarily, and i think it's been very hard for the obama administration to ba...