Mitchell: What FBI Investigation of IRS?

"Let's all be very clear," writes DC attorney Cleta Mitchell, who has represented dozens of groups before the IRS over the years. "The FBI did not conduct an 'investigation' into the IRS scandal. Not unless there are new protocols for investigating potential unlawful activities which discard the quaint notion of speaking to the victims."

• What did the FBI do in terms of investigating the obvious lies to Congress in 2012 by assorted IRS officials who claimed there was 'no targeting' of conservative organizations? Last time I checked, it is a felony to lie to Congress (ask Roger Clemens).
• Did the FBI investigate why Catherine Engelbrecht in Houston was visited by the FBI seven times, was audited by the IRS both personally and in her family business, was visited by OSHA and ATF (twice), all within 18 months of her filing exempt organization applications with the IRS for two conservative groups?
• Did the FBI investigate whether there were illegal political considerations related to the audits of conservative organizations and donors nationwide — and the correlation of that widespread abuse of conservative citizens to the targeting of the conservative organizations?

In short, how can there be any semblance of legitimacy to an investigation when none of the victims were even interviewed?

Cleta Mitchell, pictured above with Institute president Michelle Easton (L), was the Institute's 2013 Woman of the Year.

IBD: FBI As Tainted as IRS

"The FBI says it won't prosecute anyone at the IRS for its admitted targeting of the president's political foes," write the editors of Investor's Business Daily in a scathing editorial. "This just as the agency claims the law is no longer its main mission. So it's a political goon squad now."

According to a leak to the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Bureau of Investigation "didn't find the kind of political bias or 'enemy hunting' that would amount to a violation of criminal law." And so, nobody was likely to be prosecuted for the most blatant politicization of a federal agency within memory.

Per Wall Street Journal reports, none of the several dozen IRS-targeted victim-clients of either Cleta Mitchell, a Washington DC attorney, or The American Center for Law and Justice has ever been interviewed by the FBI during its IRS investigation.

IBD editors conclude:

That the FBI won't get involved in this and is willing to wreck its reputation for apolitical probity suggests this investigation is leading to a place the bureau would rather not go — namely, the White House. [snip]

As for the FBI, its fall is even more disturbing. It was once was known for its squeaky clean image and willingness to enforce the law without fear or favor.

Today, it's slid so far into the Washington morass it no longer considers law enforcement its prime mission. About a week ago, it quite questionably declared its top mission "national security" — an abrogation of its congressionally mandated mission.

As such, can the public now trust the FBI or the IRS?