JW DAYS WATCH 06/26/2018 SEN McCAIN USED IRS TO RUIN CONSERVATIVES!

Judicial Watch Obtains IRS Documents Revealing McCain’s Subcommittee Staff Director Urged IRS to Engage in “Financially Ruinous” Targeting Source: Judicial Watch Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel. READ MORE

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06/22/2018 McCain’s Staff Urged IRS To Engage In “Financially Ruinous” Targeting Source: Arizona Daily Independent On Thursday, Judicial Watch released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” READ MORE 06/25/2018 Top McCain aide urged IRS to audit conservative groups until ‘financially ruinous’ Source: World Tribune Judicial Watch released internal IRS documents revealing that Henry Kerner, McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, urged IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” READ MORE 06/22/2018 McCain's office urged IRS to use audits as weapons to destroy political advocacy groups - UPDATED Source: Washington Times Thanks to the results of an extensive Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that has been delayed for many years, Judicial Watch has obtained several key emails from 2013 that chronicle McCain’s and Democrat Sen. Carl Levin’s efforts to reign in the advocacy groups that sprouted immediately following the Citizens United decision from the Supreme Court. READ MORE

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The Obama IRS scandal is bipartisan – McCain and Democrats who wanted to regulate political speech lost at the Supreme Court, so they sought to use the IRS to harass innocent Americans,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The Obama IRS scandal is not over – as Judicial Watch continues to uncover smoking gun documents that raise questions about how the Obama administration weaponized the IRS, the FEC, FBI, and DOJ to target the First Amendment rights of Americans. - Tom Fitton   Judicial Watch President