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IRS & Gibson Guitar: The Song Remains the Same

New Facts by Investor’s Business Daily Suggest Political Retribution by the IRS in Gibson Guitar Raids

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 15: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice May 15, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Holder faced questions on reports of the subpoena of two months worth of Associated Press journalists’ phone records and the Internal Revenue Services’ scrutiny of conservative organization’s tax exemption requests.
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By Avalon
Intellihub.com
May 27, 2013
New information from Investor’s Business Daily suggests that the August 24, 2011 raid on Gibson Guitar was political retribution for not supporting the Democratic Party and the Obama Campaign. According to Investor’s Business Daily:

On Aug. 24, 2011, federal agents executed four search warrants on Gibson Guitar Corp. facilities in Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., and seized several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. One of the top makers of acoustic and electric guitars, including the iconic Les Paul introduced in 1952, Gibson was accused of using wood illegally obtained in violation of the century-old Lacey Act, which outlaws trafficking in flora and fauna the harvesting of which had broken foreign laws. Source: Now The Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense

The important thing to note from the raid is that to date, no Official Charges were ever filed by the Department of Justice.  In a FoxNews.com article titled, Gibson Guitar case drags on with no sign of criminal charges posted on April 12, 2012, John Roberts explains:

It was seven months ago that federal agents with guns drawn raided the Gibson guitar factories in Nashville and Memphis.  A half million dollars worth of Indian rosewood and ebony was seized under the premise that it had been imported illegally. The feds also took a number of guitars and computer hard drives.  The factory was shut down for the day and employees told to go home.
Yet after all this time, the Department of Justice has shown no sign that it will file criminal charges against Gibson.  What’s more – it has been almost 3 years since federal agents first raided Gibson (November 2009), seizing a quantity of wood from Madagascar.  No decision on criminal charges in that case either.
Meantime, the DOJ has blocked a civil court case in which Gibson was appealing to get its wood back while the criminal investigation proceeds.  Or doesn’t.
Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz complains that being in legal limbo with the federal government has had a profound effect on his business. “While we are waiting to even get charges”, he told Fox News, “they have taken very aggressive action that has hurt our company significantly.  And we have no recourse at this point.”
Some former federal prosecutors contacted by Fox News say it’s not unusual for a case – particularly an environmental one – to take a while before a charging decision is made. But Michael Mukasey – Attorney-General in the last Bush administration says this case should have been decided on long ago.

The Investor’s Business Daily article goes on to say that “the Gibson Guitar raid, the IRS intimidation of Tea Party groups and the fraudulently obtained warrant naming Fox News reporter James Rosen as an “aider, abettor, co-conspirator” in stealing government secrets are but a few examples of the abuse of power by the Obama administration to intimidate those on its enemies list.”
In addition to the lack of Justice by the Department of Justice, great damage has been inflicted on Gibson Guitar as noted in the Investor’s Business Daily article.

Gibson, fearing a bankrupting legal battle, settled and agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty to the U.S. Government. It also agreed to make a “community service payment” of $50,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation — to be used on research projects or tree-conservation activities.
The feds in return agreed to let Gibson resume importing wood while they sought “clarification” from India.
The feds say they acted to save the environment from greedy plunderers. America is a trivial importer of rosewood from Madagascar and India. Ninety-five percent of it goes to China, where it is used to make luxury items like $800,000 beds. So putting Gibson out of business wasn’t going to do a whole lot to save their forests.
Juszkiewicz’ claim that his company was “inappropriately targeted” is eerily similar to the claims by Tea Party, conservative, pro-life and religious groups that they were targeted by the IRS for special scrutiny because they sought to exercise their First Amendment rights to band together in vocal opposition to the administration’s policies and the out-of-control growth of government and its power.

Source:

Now The Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense
Gibson Guitar case drags on with no sign of criminal charges
PAPER: Gibson Guitar raids may be another case of Obama administration targeting
After Two Raids, DOJ Decides No Criminal Charges Against Gibson Guitar Company
Gibson Guitar Wails on Federal Raid Over Wood
Why Gibson Guitar Was Raided By The Justice Department

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