Koch lawyer says Obama administration has tried to intimidate Koch Industries

[proud2BlibKansan]

The chief lawyer for Koch Industries said Friday that government targeting of conservative political groups is nothing new to the Wichita-based company.

Chief legal counsel Mark Holden said the White House, as early as August 2010, was deliberately trying to politically intimidate Koch Industries.

Holden said that although he had no direct evidence that the White House had any involvement in targeting Koch for IRS tax scrutiny, he pointed to what he described as a “disturbing” comment about taxes and Koch Industries made by one of President Obama’s political advisers, Austan Goolsbee, at a White House briefing in August 2010.

Because the IRS is admitting that it deliberately targeted conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny, it is worth raising questions about whether the events are connected, Holden said.

Holden has publicly criticized the Goolsbee comments before.


Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254881/koch-lawyer-obama-administration.html#storylink=cpy

[magellan]

1. The IRS has admitted it targeted many groups for extra scrutiny

...not just conservative groups.

[Live and Learn]

4. As they should. Attempting to get tax free status under the pretenses

of being a charitable organization when it is not is fraud and should be treated as such.

[magellan]

6. Agreed.

But it's worth pointing out that it wasn't just conservative groups that were targeted. Sloppy reporting keeps suggesting that.

[Turbineguy]

2. Intimidating

enemies. That's what governments do. That's what they are supposed to do.

[Live and Learn]

3. The Koch brothers are trying (and succeeding) in intimidating the 99%.

Even if what they said were true (which it isn't) I would have no sympathy whatsoever for the greedy, selfish asshats.

[ananda]

5. Projection.

That's all.

[Shankapotomus]

7. Awww...

Little Kochy doesn't want to play anymore?

[snot]

8. worth reading the article through to the end

for Goolsby's comments and Koch's FOIA request.

[emulatorloo]

9. Koch Bros are projecting again. FUCK THEM

[polly7]

10. Awwwies

[Initech]

11. THESE FUCKING GREEDY BASTARDS DO NOT OWN THE GOVERNMENT!!!

Obama has every damn right to intimidate them, as they've been working to destroy and undermine him since day one. Fuck them.