"IRS began criminal probe into Clinton Foundation in 2019 but then suddenly stopped, memos show "
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/we-cant-talk-about-clinton-foundation-new-memos-show-irs-inquiry-was
"Cant talk about the Clinton Foundation," an IRS memo states in recounting how IRS agents suddenly cut off contact with whistleblowers providing information after months of cooperation.
The documents, released under the Freedom of Information Act, add a new body of evidence about the federal government's concerns about the former first family's famous global charity as well as a persistent narrative of federal agents being thwarted in their pursuit of investigations tied to major Democratic Party figures.
John Moynihan, a retired Drug Enforcement Agency financial crimes analyst, and Larry Doyle, a corporate tax compliance expert, had spent years researching the Clinton Foundation, testifying to Congress about it and providing the IRS with evidence of alleged financial wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation.
several meetings between the whistleblowers and the IRS between January and April 2019. The IRS appears to have moved from a serious initial interest in pursuing the Clinton Foundation’s potential wrongdoing to slamming on the brakes
serious concerns about legal compliance, improper commingling of personal and charity business, and quid pro quo promises made to donors while Hillary Clinton was still Secretary of State under President Barack Obama
[CF CFO] was unable to stop former President Bill Clinton from “commingling” personal business and charitable activities inside the foundation
Moynihan and Doyle also testified before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee in December 2018, just a few months before meeting with members of the IRS’s criminal investigations team.
The Clinton Foundation "began acting as an agent of foreign governments early in its life and throughout its existence," Moynihan testified in late 2018. "As such, the foundation should've registered under FARA (the Foreign Agents Registration Act).
-Ultimately, the foundation and its auditors conceded in formal submissions that it did operate as a [foreign] agent-
[But when IRS suddenly dropped it, one excuse given was] "the IRS really is not in a position to pursue charitable organizations that engage in purposes and activities beyond their approved authority” and that “the IRS is not capable or staffed to oversee this activity.”
☝ absurd; remember Lois Lerner scandal & IRS - Tea Party scandal.
USA IRS targets charities all the time.
