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GAO Seeks IRS Inquiry Into Bloomberg Mixing Charitable Organizations With For-Profit, Political Use
Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. sent the following letter to the Internal Revenue Service.
Referenced attachments may be found here, and here.
Billing Records Confirm: Michigan Taxpayer Paying Consultant for LCV Wooing AG to Sue Exxon
Following on this post, Energy Policy Advocates have obtained less-redacted billing sheets for the Michigan AG’s consultant, Skip Pruss, on administrative appeal.
These confirm the taxpayer is indeed paying Pruss an hourly rate as a non-employee to play intermediary with the green pressure group Michigan LCV for its lobbying the AG’s office to sue energy companies in the footsteps of the New York AG.
The latter of course suffered a humiliating loss in court in December.
Confirmed: Michigan Taxpayer Billed for Consultant to be Wooed by “Climate Nuisance” Tort Firm
Following on this post, less-redacted billing sheets for the Michigan AG’s consultant, Skip Pruss, have been obtained on administrative appeal by Energy Policy Advocates.
These confirm the taxpayer is indeed paying Pruss an hourly rate as a non-employee to play intermediary with the “climate nuisance” tort firm, Sher Edling for its lobbying the AG’s office to investigate and/or sue energy companies in the footsteps of the New York AG.
The latter of course suffered a humiliating loss in court in December. That costly suit was also brought as a result of tort lawyer lobbying.
This is the Basis for Weaponizing Law Enforcement
A summary at The Pipeline of what’s behind this norm-busting use of state attorneys general offices.
After reminding us of the folly, the piece continues:
All of which is to say, there may be a reason to do away with separation of powers, and to abandon our economic liberties. There may be a reason to allow privately hired “special assistant attorneys general,” and for state AGs to investigate political opponents at the request of the plaintiff’s tort bar.
“Climate,” however, isn’t that reason. We have vastly more to fear from climate policy than we do from climate change.
Among the two, only one is inevitable. Of course, as a Chinese proverb goes, when there is food on the table there are many problems; when there is no food on the table, there is but one. With lots of food on Americans’ tables, it does seem likely that some voters will become open once again to policies in the name of “climate.”
The demands are already here. Campaign season is about to go full-on nuts. Orgiastic media coverage awaits when Earth Day turns 50 in April. Then withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty looms (it is a treaty, and the rule of law [and] respect for institutions demands we consummate our withdrawal or the Senate can kiss its Article II, Sec. 2 treaty role goodbye).
Bitterly cling to the facts above in the coming months. A lot is at stake.
Read the whole thing here.
Confirmed: Michigan Taxpayer Footing Bill for Cutout Handling Bloomberg Courtship
Following on this post, Energy Policy Advocates have obtained less-redacted billing sheets for the Michigan AG’s consultant, Skip Pruss, on administrative appeal.
These confirm the taxpayer is indeed paying Pruss an hourly rate as a non-employee to play intermediary with Michael Bloomberg’s outfit established to place “special assistant attorneys general” in AG offices to pursue issues of concern to Bloomberg.
InsideSources: Bloomberg Privately Funds Attorneys in State AG Offices While Running for President
From Inside Sources:
Michael Bloomberg’s billions aren’t just buying ads. In at least two Super Tuesday states, his money funds private lawyers working inside attorneys general offices, advancing his political agenda on the environment.
One Democrat AG compares accepting this private funding from a political candidate with federal funding from “President Trump’s” Department of Justice.
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Read the entire piece here.