IRS targeting scandal: We will not allow Team Obama to run out the clock

It’s a strategy the Obama administration has mastered – the 3-D strategy: Delay, Distract, and Deflect.

I cited that strategy in a post last month when a federal judge in Texas labelled the Obama Justice Department “unethical” and “intentionally deceptive” – calling out the biased behavior of government attorneys in defending President Obama’s unconstitutional Executive order on immigration, a case now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

This time it’s the Obama administration’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that’s back in the spotlight – implementing the 3-D strategy.

We have been in federal court since 2012 challenging the unconstitutional targeting by the IRS of conservative and Tea Party groups. This unlawful scheme was designed to punish organizations because of their conservative political beliefs.

In April, we were in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit presenting arguments on behalf of 38 organizations that we represent in our federal lawsuit.  In arguments before the panel, the court was very critical of the IRS.  As Judge David B. Sentelle put it: “It’s hard to find the IRS to be an agency we can trust.”