Valin Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 WSJ: Emails released this week sweep the Federal Election Commission into the conservative-targeting probe. KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL 8/1/13 Congressional investigators this week released emails suggesting that staff at the Federal Election Commission have been engaged in their own conservative targeting, with help from the IRS's infamous Lois Lerner. This means more than just an expansion of the probe to the FEC. It's a new link to the Obama team. (Snip) In late summer of 2008, Obama lawyer Bob Bauer took issue with ads run against his boss by a 501©(4) conservative outfit called American Issues Project. Mr. Bauer filed a complaint with the FEC, called on the criminal division of the Justice Department to prosecute AIP, and demanded to see documents the group had filed with the IRS. Thanks to Congress's newly released emails, we now know that FEC attorneys went to Ms. Lerner to pry out information about AIPthe organization the Obama campaign wanted targeted. An email from Feb. 3, 2009, shows an FEC attorney asking Ms. Lerner "whether the IRS had issued an exemption letter" to AIP, and requesting that she share "any information" on the group. Nine minutes after Ms. Lerner received this FEC email, she directed IRS attorneys to fulfill the request. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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