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To: Road Walker who wrote (292105)	6/24/2006 11:43:30 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1577024

"It would be ironic to see him ultimately get nailed for tax evasion." That would be so entertaining. As you note, poetic justice. Besides, most of his funds get cut off. No one in their right mind will donate to him now, that almost certainly will cause all kinds of red flags to pop up at the IRS. When the equation becomes a donation == an audit...

To: Road Walker who wrote (292105)	6/24/2006 7:27:53 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577024

And here's another reader, a former federal prosecutor: If Norquist was running ATR as you describe (or as the Senate report describes), it's virtually inconceivable that he was doing so completely on his own. But if he had even a tacit agreement with at least one other person to make ATR appear eligible for 501(c)(3) status when in fact it was not, then he and that other person conspired to impede the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service, which is known to federal prosecutors (like myself, once) as a "Klein conspiracy." It gets you up to five years in prison under section 371 of Title 18 of the United States Code. tpmmuckraker.com