by Ben Shapiro
6. “Department of Justice Cartel Strategy, October 2009,” WashingtonPost.com, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/atf-fast-and-furious-2.html.
7. “January 2010 Phoenix Briefing Paper,” WashingtonPost.com, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/atf-fast-and-furious-3.html.
8. Katie Pavlich, Fast and Furious: Barack Obama’s Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2012), 50–51.
9. Joint Staff Report, “Part I of III: Fast and Furious: The Anatomy of a Failed Operation,” Prepared for Rep. Darrell E. Issa and Senator Charles E. Grassley, 112th Congress, July 31, 2012, http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-31-12-FF-Part-I-FINAL-REPORT.pdf.
10. John Solomon, “Gun-Running Sting Blows Up,” TheDailyBeast.com, June 15, 2011, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/15/gun-running-sting-blows-up-house-hearings-on-atf-s-fast-and-furious.html.
11. Horwitz, “A Gunrunning Sting Gone Fatally Wrong.”
12. Kim Murphy and Ken Ellingwood, “Mexico Demands Answers on Guns,” LATimes.com, March 11, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/11/nation/la-naw-mexico-guns-20110311.
13. Horwitz, “A Gunrunning Sting Gone Fatally Wrong.”
14. Katie Pavlich, “ATF Managers Lawyer Up, Slam Gun Laws, and Still Deny Gunwalking,” Townhall.com, March 21, 2012, http://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/03/21/atf_managers_lawyer_up_slam_gun_laws_and_still_deny_gunwalking/page/full.
15. Horwitz, “A Gunrunning Sting Gone Fatally Wrong.”
16. Ibid.
17. Email from David J. Voth to Phoenix Group VII, Subject: Monday Morning Meeting, Strike Force 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:34 p.m., http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/atf-fast-and-furious-1.html.
18. Email from David J. Voth to Emory Hurley and George Gillett, Subject: No Pressure but Perhaps an Increased Sense of Urgency, Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:31 a.m., http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/atf-fast-and-furious-1.html.
19. Email exchanges, NPR.org http://www.npr.org/assets/news/2012/01/DOJdocs.pdf.
20. Email from David J. Voth to Hope A. MacAllister, Subject: No More Rose Colored Glasses, Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 6:49 p.m., http://www.grassley.senate.gov/about/upload/Voth-Eban-docs.pdf.
21. Pavlich, Fast and Furious, 66–67.
22. Letter from Senator Charles Grassley to ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson, January 27, 2011, http://grassley.senate.gov/about/upload/Judiciary-01-27-11-letter-to-ATF-SW-Border-strategy.pdf.
23. Letter from Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich to Senator Charles Grassley, February 4, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/atf-fast-and-furious-1.html.
24. Murphy and Ellingwood, “Mexico Demands Answers on Guns.”
25. Katie Pavlich, “Operation Fast and Furious: Designed to Promote Gun Control,” Townhall.com, July 13, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/07/13/operation_fast_and_furious_designed_to_promote_gun_control.
26. Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, “U.S. Gun Dealers with the Most Firearms Traced over the Past Four Years,” Washington Post, December 13, 2010, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/12/AR2010121202667.html.
27. Sharyl Attkisson, “Documents: ATF Used ‘Fast and Furious’ to Make the Case for Gun Regulations,” CBSNews.com, December 7, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-57338546-10391695/documents-atf-used-fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations/.
28. “Brian Terry Family Sues Officials over Fast and Furious,” Associated Press, December 14, 2012, http://www.politico.com//story/2012/12/brian-terry-family-sues-officials-over-fast-and-furious-85110.html.
29. Murphy and Ellingwood, “Mexico Demands Answers on Guns.”
30. Sharyl Attkisson, “3 More Murders Linked to Gunwalker,” CBSNews.com, September 14, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20106253-10391695.html.
31. Murphy and Ellingwood, “Mexico Demands Answers on Guns.”
32. Allahpundit, “Report: At Least 200 Murders in Mexico Now Linked to Fast & Furious Weapons,” HotAir.com, September 20, 2011, http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/20/report-at-least-200-murders-in-mexico-now-linked-to-fast-furious-weapons/.
33. Interview with President Barack Obama, Univision, March 23, 2011.
34. Devin Dwyer, “Obama on ‘Fast and Furious’: ‘People Who Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable,’ ” ABCNews.com, October 18, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-on-fast-and-furious-people-who-have-screwed-up-will-be-held-accountable/.
35. Pavlich, Fast and Furious, 136–37.
36. Letter from Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich to Senator Charles Grassley, March 2, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/atf-fast-and-furious-1.html.
37. Sharyl Attkisson, “ATF Fast and Furious: New Documents Show Attorney General Eric Holder Was Briefed in July 2010,” CBSNews.com, October 3, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20115038-10391695.html.
38. Michael F. Walther, Memorandum to the Attorney General Through the Acting Deputy Attorney General, July 5, 2010, http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/pdf_40_43.pdf.
39. Memorandum from Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer to Attorney General Eric Holder and Acting Deputy Attorney General, November 1, 2010, http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/pdf_65_67.pdf.
40. Email from James Trusty to Jamie Weinstein, RE: OCGS Weekly Report, Monday, October 18, 2010, 9:21 a.m., http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/pdf_64.pdf.
41. Tim Mak, “Issa Subpoenas Holder on Fast & Furious,” Politico.com, October 12, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65759.html.
42. Pavlich, Fast and Furious, 130–31.
43. Richard A. Serrano, “Obama Invokes Executive Privilege over Fast and Furious Documents,” LATimes.com, June 20, 2012, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/20/news/la-pn-obama-invokes-executive-privilege-over-fast-and-furious-documents-20120620.
44. Jordy Yager, “Justice Department Report Clears Holder, but Faults DOJ, ATF Officials,” TheHill.com, September 19, 2012, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/250575-report-clears-holder-hits-doj-atf-officials.
45. Richard A. Serrano, “White House Aide Declined to Cooperate in Fast and Furious Probe,” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2012, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/20/nation/la-na-fast-furious-20120921.
46. Fred Lucas, “WH Aide Involved in Fast and Furious Was ‘Suddenly’ Transferred to Iraq; Issa Threatens Subpoena,” CNSNews.com, October 1, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/wh-aide-involved-fast-and-furious-was-suddenly-transferred-iraq-issa-threatens-subpoena.
47. Mary Chastain, “WH Employee with Knowledge of Fast & Furious Returns from Iraq After IG Clears Holder,” Breitbart.com, October 12, 2012, http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/12/White-House-Link-To-Fast-and-Furious-Is-Back-In-America.
48. “Transcript: Univision’s ‘Meet the Candidate’ Forum with President Obama,” Latinalista.com, September 20, 2012, http://latinalista.com/2012/09/transcript-univisions-meet-the-candidate-forum-with-president-obama.
49. Tom Fitton, The Corruption Chronicles: Obama’s Big Secrecy, Big Corruption, and Big Government (New York: Threshold Editions, 2012), 287.
50. “Transcript: Univision’s ‘Meet the Candidate’ Forum with President Obama.”
51. Pavlich, Fast and Furious, 82.
52. “CBS News Confirms Sharyl Attkisson’s Computer Hacked,” CBSNews.com, June 14, 2013, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57589367/cbs-news-confirms-sharyl-attkissons-computer-hacked/.
53. Katie Pavlich, “The Smearing of Fast and Furious Whistleblower John Dodson,” Townhall.com, October 3, 2012, http://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/10/03/the_smearing_of_fast_and_furious_whistleblower_john_dodson/page/full.
54. Pavlich, Fast and Furious, 114–21.
55. “ATF Director Reassigned; U.S. Attorney Out Amid ‘Fast and Furious’ Uproar,” Fox
News.com, August 30, 2011.
56. Chris W. Cox, “ ‘Fast and Furious’ Agents Get Promoted,” Newsmax.com, August 25, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/fast-furious-Newell-Voth/2011/08/25/id/408717.
57. Katie Pavlich, “ATF Managers Lawyer Up, Slam Gun Laws, and Still Deny Gunwalking,” Townhall.com, March 21, 2012, http://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/03/21/atf_managers_lawyer_up_slam_gun_laws_and_still_deny_gunwalking/page/full.
58. Sharyl Attkisson, “Heads Roll After Fast and Furious Investigation,” CBSNews.com, December 5, 2012, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57557358/heads-roll-after-fast-and-furious-investigation/.
59. Cox, “ ‘Fast and Furious’ Agents Get Promoted.”
60. Attkisson, “Heads Roll After Fast and Furious Investigation.”
61. William La Jeunesse, “Ex-ATF Official’s Gun Ends Up at Mexican Cartel Shootout That Killed Beauty Queen,” FoxNews.com, December 19, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/19/ex-atf-official-gun-ends-up-at-mexican-cartel-shootout-that-killed-beauty-queen/.
62. Attkisson, “Heads Roll After Fast and Furious Investigation.”
63. Ibid.
64. Matthew Boyle, “ATF Official Resigns After Issa, Grassley Nail Him in Congressional Fast and Furious Report,” DailyCaller.com, August 2, 2012, http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/02/atf-official-resigns-after-issa-grassley-nail-him-in-congressional-fast-and-furious-report/.
65. Horwitz, “A Gunrunning Sting Gone Fatally Wrong.”
66. Evan Perez and Devlin Barrett, “Head of ATF Is Likely to Go,” WSJ.com, June 18, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304453304576392023631543738.html.
67. Horwitz, “A Gunrunning Sting Gone Fatally Wrong.”
68. Jerry Markon and Sari Horwitz, “ATF Head Kenneth Melson Reassigned amid Gun-Trafficking Probe,” Washington Post, August 30, 2011, http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-08-30/politics/35269510_1_kenneth-e-melson-operation-fast-fast-and-furious.
69. “Kenneth E. Melson,” George Washington University School of Law website http://www.law.gwu.edu/faculty/profile.aspx?id=3241.
70. Attkisson, “Heads Roll After Fast and Furious Investigation.”
71. “Gary G. Grindler,” King & Spalding http://www.kslaw.com/people/Gary-Grindler.
72. Jordy Yager, “DOJ Criminal Division Chief Breuer Resigns,” TheHill.com, January 30, 2013, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/280133-doj-criminal-division-chief-breuer-steps-down.
73. “Lanny A. Breuer,” Cov.com, http://www.cov.com/lbreuer/.
74. Mike Levine, “Justice Official Leaving for Law School Post After Criticism over ‘Fast and Furious’ Claim,” FoxNews.com, April 25, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/25/top-justice-figure-in-fast-and-furious-leaving-department-to-head-up-law-school/.
75. “ATF Director Reassigned; U.S. Attorney Out Amid ‘Fast and Furious’ Uproar,” FoxNews.com, August 30, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/30/sources-atf-director-to-be-reassigned-amid-fast-and-furious-uproar/.
76. Letter from Dennis K. Burke to President Barack Obama, August 30, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/0830burke-resignation-letter.pdf.
77. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, “Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the Resignation of U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Dennis Burke,” Tuesday, August 30, 2011, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/August/11-ag-1111.html.
78. Charlie Savage, “Ex-U.S. Attorney in Arizona Is Criticized for Leak to Fox,” NYTimes.com, May 20, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/politics/dennis-k-burke-criticized-for-fast-and-furious-leak.html.?_r=0.
79. Sharyl Attkisson, “Family of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry Sues U.S. Government,” CBSNews.com, February 1, 2012, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-57370092-10391695/family-of-border-patrol-agent-brian-terry-sues-u.s-government/.
80. Complaint, Kent Terry, Sr. and Josephine Terry vs. William Newell, et al. (2012).
81. “Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s Family Sues 6 from ATF, Gun Store Owner,” AZStarnet.com, December 15, 2012, http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/border-patrol-agent-brian-terry-s-family-sues-from-atf/article_39a9730f-fdb9-5dd7-9e19-8d00662f4f0a.html.
82. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central), June 21, 2011.
83. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central), June 26, 2012.
84. Taylor Rose, “Author: Documents ‘Damning’ for Holder,” WND.com, April 7, 2013. http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/author-documents-damning-for-holder/.
Count 3: Violation of Internal Revenue Laws
1. Rory Carroll, Comandante: Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela (New York: Penguin Press, 2013), 176–77.
2. Yolanda Ojeda Reyes, “Firmar Contra Chavez Es Un Acto De Terror Smo,” ElUniversal.com, March 21, 2004, http://www.eluniversal.com/2004/03/21/pol_art_21108A.
3. Carroll, Comandante, 103–104, 179.
4. Ibid., 134.
5. Glenn Harlan Reynolds, “Tax Audits Are No Laughing Matter,” WSJ.com, May 18, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124260113149028331.html.
6. Jason Scott Smith, Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933–1956 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 180.
7. “Criminal Tax Manual 17.00—26 U.S.C. §7212(a) ‘OMNIBUS CLAUSE,’ ” Department of Justice, May 2001, http://www.justice.gov/tax/readingroom/2001ctm/17ctax.htm.
8. David Burnham, “Misuse of the IRS: The Abuse of Power,” New York Times, September 3, 1989, http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/03/magazine/misuse-of-the-irs-the-abuse-of-power.html.?pagewanted=all&src=pm.
9. John Gizzi, “IRS Political Abuse Started Long Before Tea Party,” Newsmax.com, May 13, 2013, http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/irs-tea-party-political/2013/05/13/id/504108.
10. Burton W. Folsom, New Deal or Raw Deal? (New York: Threshold Editions, 2008), 164.
11. Burnham, “Misuse of the IRS.”
12. Gizzi, “IRS Political Abuse Started Long Before Tea Party.”
13. J. D. Tuccille, “IRS Has a Long History of Political Abuse,” Reason.com, May 13, 2013, http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/13/irs-has-a-long-history-of-political-abus.
14. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/01/20/why-justice-matters-the-indictment-trial-of-dr-martin-luther-king-on-tax-charges/.
15. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/lists/irs-scandal/american_communists.html?state=stop.
16. “JFK Used Audits to Silence Critics,” WND.com, September 5, 2003, http://www.wnd.com/2003/09/20617/.
17. Burnham, “Misuse of the IRS.”
18. Gizzi, “IRS Political Abuse Started Long Before Tea Party.”
19. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/lists/irs-scandal/american_communists.html?state=stop.
20. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/lists/irs-scandal/american_communists.html?state=stop.
21. Todd Keister, “The IRS: Destroying Liberty Since Before You Were Born,” AmericanThinker.com, May 22, 2013, http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/m-the_irs_destroying_liberty_since_before_you_were_born.html.
22. George T. Bell, “Memorandum: The White House, Subject: Opponents List,” June 24, 1971, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dealing_with_our_Political_Enemies.
23. “History of IRS Abuse,” RealClearPolitics.com, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/lists/irs-scandal/introduction.html.
24. Michael Scherer, “New IRS Scandal Echoes a Long History of Political Harassment,” Time.com, May 14, 2013, http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/14/anger-over-irs-audits-of-conservatives-anchored-in-long-history-of-abuse/#ixzz2TMyxsVPZ.
25. Gizzi, “IRS Political Abuse Started Long Before Tea Party.”
26. Tom Fitton, The Corruption Chronicles (New York: Threshold Editions, 2012), 16–19.
27. “History of IRS Abuse,” RealClearPolitics.com, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/lists/irs-scandal/introduction.html.
28. David Mendell, “Obama Lets Opponent Do Talking,” ChicagoTribune.com, June 24, 2004, http://www.chicagotribune.c
om/chi-0406240383jun24,0,6662127.story.
29. Ann Coulter, “Obama’s Signature Move: Unsealing Private Records,” HumanEvents.com, August 1, 2012, http://www.humanevents.com/2012/08/01/ann-coulter-obamas-signature-move-unsealing-private-records/.
30. Imaeyen Ibanga and Russell Goldman, “America’s Overnight Sensation Joe the Plumber Owes $1,200 in Taxes,” ABCNews.com, October 16, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=6047360&page=1.
31. Randy Ludlow, “Government Computers Used to Find Information on Joe the Plumber,” Columbus Dispatch, October 24, 2008, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2008/10/24/joe.html.
32. Ibid.
33. “Database Plumbed about ‘Joe,’ ” WashingtonTimes.com, October 26, 2008, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/26/database-plumbed-about-joe/.
34. Mary Pat Flaherty, “Ohio IG Report: Joe the Plumber’s Records Were Improperly Searched,” WashingtonPost.com, November 20, 2008, http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/11/20/ohio_ig_report_joe_the_plumber.html.
35. Associated Press, “Agency Director Resigns After Spying on ‘Joe the Plumber’ on State Computers,” FoxNews.com, December 17, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/17/agency-director-resigns-spying-joe-plumber-state-computers/.
36. Michal Elseth, “ ‘Joe the Plumber’ Loses Suit over File-Snooping,” WashingtonTimes.com, August 5, 2010, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/5/joe-the-plumber-loses-suit-over-file-snooping/.
37. Jeffrey M. Jones, “Obama’s Initial Approval Ratings in Historical Context,” Gallup.com, January 26, 2009, http://www.gallup.com/poll/113968/obama-initial-approval-ratings-historical-context.aspx.
38. Kevin Hecthkopf, “Poll: Obama Approval Rating Dips Slightly,” CBSNews.com, September 1, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5280405-503544.html.
39. Alexander Burns, “Obama Targets Tea Bags at Town Hall,” Politico.com, April 29, 2009, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21870.html.
40. Julie Percha, “President Obama: GOP Opposition to Stimulus ‘Helped to Create the Tea-Baggers,’ ” ABCNews.com, May 4, 2010, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/05/president-obama-gop-opposition-to-stimulus-helped-to-create-the-teabaggers/.