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23 Oct 2014, 2:47 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
District Court Judge Reggie Walton, dismissing the lawsuit brought by True the Vote, a not-for-profit Texas corporation, against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the U.S. government, and a number of IRS officials including former IRS director of tax exempt organizations, Lois Lerner; former acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller; and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 12:31 pm by Emily Chan
Lois Lerner, the Director of Exempt Organizations at the Internal Revenue Service, recently affirmed that crediting amounts raised by a participant against that participant’s costs (e.g., dues, travel expenses) is a private benefit violation that may jeopardize the organization’s exempt status. [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 3:19 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
No formal charges have been filed against Koskinen or any other IRS employee by the Department of Justice or law enforcement officials (former IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner, however, was found in contempt of Congress). [read post]
20 Apr 2023, 8:10 am by jonathanturley
During the Obama Administration, former IRS official Lois Lerner and others were accused of targeting conservative groups. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 5:37 am by Jim Sedor
Republican Says E-mails Could Mean FEC-IRS Collusion CNN – Dana Bash and Alan Silverleib | Published: 8/6/2013 FEC Vice Chairperson Donald McGahn said an investigator from his agency contacted Lois Lerner, the IRS employee at the center of the controversy over the alleged targeting of conservative groups. [read post]
11 May 2017, 7:05 am by Paul Rosenzweig
Comey referred in his testimony to another (that of Lois Lerner). [read post]
16 May 2013, 9:01 pm by John Dean
  They will address the scandal that erupted a week earlier, when Lois Lerner, the director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS, let slip the fact that the IRS had targeted conservative organizations seeking 501(c)(4) exemption from the tax code as “social welfare” organizations. [read post]
4 Jan 2015, 8:10 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
In May of 2014, Congress found Lois Lerner, the former Director of the Tax Exempt Organizations at IRS, in contempt for failing to testify – a largely symbolic move since it’s highly unlikely that the Attorney General will pursue criminal charges. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
This is actually rather humorous, because the very same consent order had already noted in paragraph 5 that on May 13, 2013, Lois Lerner had “apologized for the delay in processing many of those [501(c)(4)] applications [and] acknowledged that the IRS requested information from those applicants that was too broad, unnecessary, and inappropriate. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 6:46 am by Jim Sedor
National: A Dream UndoneNew York Times – Jim Rutenberg | Published: 7/29/2015 August 6 is the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 7:22 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
(*Insert your tech-related, Lois Lerner email joke of choice here.*) Nina E. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 4:02 am by jonathanturley
(A similar controversy during the Obama-Biden administration involving IRS official Lois Lerner led to a financial settlement with targeted conservative groups.) [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 5:33 am by Gene Takagi
Among the speakers: Lois Lerner (Director, IRS Exempt Organizations), Diana Aviv (President and CEO, Independent Sector), Eve Borenstein, Ellen Aprill (Professor of Law, Loyola Law School), Bruce Hopkins, Jody Blazek, and Rob Wexler. [read post]
17 Dec 2023, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
That is what attorney and former IRS official Lois Lerner did — twice — when House Republicans wanted to ask her about the Obama administration targeting conservative groups. [read post]
21 Aug 2014, 12:34 pm by Patrick Maines
 And when, on May 10, 2013, Lois Lerner lit the fuse on a fire within the IRS that is burning still, ProPublica quickly published a story (and a week later a podcast) exonerating itself of any blame, and retelling why the organization published these applications. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 7:35 am
Ironically, though, Lois Lerner, former director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS, is making full use of her own constitutional education: “I have been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify …. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 12:34 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
Miller was replaced by Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel who took office on May 22, 2013, just under two weeks after Lois Lerner’s fateful admission at an American Bar Association meeting that certain tax exempt organizations were targeted because of the their titles or beliefs. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 4:22 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
Notably, Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave and Steven Miller, Acting Commissioner of IRS, was replaced. [read post]