By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI special agent and his wife admitted they hid income from the IRS. Pritesh Desai, 47, and his wife Darshna Desai, 45, both of Watchung, N.J., pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiring to defraud the IRS in federal court in Trenton, NJ.com reports. The couple is accused of…
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif) wrote this column for the San Diego Union-Tribune. By Darrell Issa In May 2013, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered an investigation into efforts of an Internal Revenue Service division, which under the supervision of former Director Lois Lerner, systematically selected organizations with conservative sounding names for delay and enhanced scrutiny….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent, was indicted Monday on 20 counts of fraud and other charges in connection to a Manhattan restaurant he owned, Fox News reports. The Republican from New York evading the IRS and hiding more than $1 million in profits to avoid paying taxes. Grimm, who…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New evidence has emerged to indicate that Lois Lerner, the central figure in the IRS scandal, was communicating with the Justice Department about pursuing groups trying to get a tax exempt status, Fox News reports. E-mails between Lerner and the FBI raise questions about the extent to which the Obama administration was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican lawmakers are want the Justice Department to seek charges against embattled ex-IRS official Lois Lerner. Fox News reports that the House Ways and Means Committee are to meet Wednesday to write a letter notifying the Justice Department that Lerner may have broken the law. The letter will argue that Lerner violated…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Weiss Russell, a former cop convicted two years ago of illegally accessing an FBI database and sharing it with the subject of an investigation, managed to land a job at the IRS. The Washington Times reports Mohammad Weiss Rasool, or as the IRS knows him, Wiess Russell, was sentenced to two years…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s investigation of the IRS’ extra scrutiny of the Tea Party likely won’t lead to charges, Reuters reports. Investigators said there was no evidence of bias in the pursuit of the conservative groups to justify charges. President Obama’s administration has come under attack for give disproportionate attention to political enemies. The…
James Burdick is a former Wayne County prosecutor in Detroit and is a criminal defense attorney who also practices health care discipline and is a reinstatement expert at the firm of Burdick Law, P.C. in Bloomfield Hills, Mi. He has also appeared regularly on Larry King Live, Court TV, Geraldo, Good Morning America and other national…
