CNN Economic Analyst Zings Goolsbee Over Obama Admin Spending
Austan Goolsbee
Goolsbee: Obama Economic Recovery a ‘Pretty Long Lag’
Federal Judge Orders IRS to Disclose WH Requests for Taxpayer Info
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Internal Revenue Service to reveal White House requests for taxpayers’ private information, advancing a probe into whether administration officials targeted political opponents by revealing such information.
IRS Watchdog Continues to Hide Records on White House Leaks
An independent IRS monitor announced Monday it will block the release of roughly 400 more pages of documents related to unauthorized leaks of confidential taxpayer information to the White House.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) told the watchdog group Cause of Action it would be withholding nearly all of the 2,500 documents it located that were related to unauthorized IRS leaks to the White House. Earlier this month, TIGTA told Cause of Action it was withholding roughly 2,100 of the documents and said it would take an additional two weeks to review the rest.
Records on Taxpayer Leaks to White House to Be Released
The Obama administration will soon turn over thousands of documents related to improper disclosures of confidential taxpayer information by the IRS to the White House, a watchdog group announced Tuesday.
Court: Obama Admin Can’t Hide Investigation into Former White House Adviser
The Obama administration must acknowledge the existence of an independent investigation into former White House senior economics adviser Austan Goolsbee’s alleged unauthorized access to the Koch brother’s tax returns, a court ruled Tuesday.
Treasury Department IG Refused FOIA on Austan Goolsbee Investigation
The Treasury Department on Wednesday refused to confirm or deny the existence of an inspector general report investigating whether or not former White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee illegally accessed tax information on the Koch brothers.
Hazy Memories
A onetime economic adviser to President Barack Obama offered up yet another explanation on Twitter last week for why he claimed in 2010 that Koch Industries paid no income taxes.
Official Who Leaked IRS Info Says IRS Scandal Most Troubling
Former senior Obama Administration official and chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee claimed during an interview on “Hannity” last night the IRS’ politically motivated targeting of conservative nonprofit groups was the most troubling of the major scandals facing the president.
Obama’s IRS
Under President Obama the Internal Revenue Service has repeatedly been accused of using its enforcement powers to punish the White House’s political opponents. The Washington Free Beacon has put together six of the most egregious examples.
