BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal

BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal

Patrick Howley

Political Reporter               

9:36 PM 11/03/2014

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/03/bombshell-memo-jeanne-shaheen-conspired-with-white-house-insider-on-irs-targeting-scandal/

Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election, according to letters exclusively obtained by The Daily Caller.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not want to publicly release 2012 correspondences exchanged between the IRS and Jeanne Shaheen at her personal Washington office: the agency delayed releasing the information to a major conservative super PAC multiple times, even threatening to see the super PAC in court, according to emails. (RELATED: Lois Lerner And Fellow IRS Official Announced Targeting At 2010 Conference Before Both Of Their Emails Went Missing)

“The IRS is aware of the current public interest in this issue,” IRS chief counsel William J. Wilkins, a White House visitor described by insiders as “The President’s Man at the IRS,” personally wrote in a hand-stamped memo to “Senator Shaheen” on official Department of the Treasury letterhead on April 25, 2012.

The memo, obtained by The DC, briefed the Democratic senator about a coordinated IRS-Treasury Department plot to target political activity by nonprofit 501(c)(4) groups. The plot was operating out of Lois Lerner’s Tax Exempt Government Entities Division. (RELATED: Liens Filed Against Dem Senator Jeanne Shaheen And Her Husband For Failure To Pay Creditors)

“These regulations have been in place since 1959,” Wilkins wrote. “We will consider proposed changes in this area as we work with Tax-Exempt and Government Entities and the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy to identify tax issues that should be addressed” in designing new regulations and “guidance.”

“I hope this information is helpful,” Wilkins wrote. “I am sending a similar response to your colleagues. If you have questions, please contact me or have your staff contact Cathy Barre at (202) 622-3720.”

William J. Wilkins

William J. Wilkins is the chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

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Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to John F. Kerry, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a trustee at the Third Way, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Jeanne Shaheen is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way, and the NH congressional delegation senator.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.           

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

.Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Michael R. Klein is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was a member of the

IRS Oversight Board.

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Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Bohemian Club, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Timothy F. Geithner is a director at the International Rescue Committee, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a researcher for Kissinger Associates, Inc., and the secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury for the Barack Obama administration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

John A. Koskinen is the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and was a director at the AES Corporation.

Charles O. Rossotti is the chairman for the AES Corporation, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

C. Boyden Gray is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Robert M. Kimmitt is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a senior international counsel for Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and was the deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

William J. Wilkins is the chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

David S. Cohen was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and is the under secretary for terrorism & financial crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury for the Barack Obama administration.

Stephen Luparello was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and the vice chairman for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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Anthony T. Podesta is the founder & chairman for the Podesta Group, and John D. Podesta’s brother.

John D. Podesta is Anthony T. Podesta’s brother, and the counselor for the Barack Obama administration.

Douglas H. Shulman was the vice chairman for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and a commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).