[TheRealVille]

Honest reply. As one well known politician, actually a Democrat, once said, "Believe about one- half of what you see and much less of what you hear."

Or as Ronald Reagan once said, "Trust, but verify".

Julius Epstein says she didn't waive her right by making a statement. He said the only thing that would waive her right was answering a question then pleading the fifth. He called Trey Dowdy "amateur hourish" in not knowing the difference in making an opening statement(legal, according to him), and answering one question(not legal, according to him), then invoking her right. Not my knowledge, just what I'm reading.


Another point being brought up is that in 1959 the IRS changed congressional law wording on 501c4's, on their own, from exclusively to primarily. It looks like after it's all ironed out something good will come out of this mess. No one will get tax free status, if they use it for political purposes, as soon as the wording of the law, that congress never changed, get's put back like it was originally worded. Below is apparently what the IRS changed the original wording to, on their own.


1959 IRS edit:

[A]n organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare if it is primarily engaged in promoting in some way the common good and general welfare of the community.

Original, and current 1913 congressional text:

Civil leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare or local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes.