The Bottom Line
An Inside Look at an IRS District Counsel's Dirty Dealings
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The lawyer raised a serious issue, which didn’t surprise Charles but it did surprise Higgingbottom. He said that his investigators revealed that the IRS had violated its own procedure in their rush to have charges filed against the judge. He recounted the misdeeds and cited court cases where lesser charges had been thrown out by the court, when the IRS failed to follow their own rules. The judge’s lawyer said he would fight the charges on this basis every step of the way, if the IRS didn’t recommend acceptance of the offer he was prepared to make.
The judge’s lawyer told Charles and Higgingbottom that even if the charges are dropped, the judge’s career as a member of the bench was over, once the investigation reached the news media. He said with that in mind, he proposed that the IRS drop the tax evasion charges against the judge, in exchange for the judge’s cooperation in nailing some of the largest drug dealers in the Western hemisphere. The lawyer said, "My client has the goods on the big fish and he is willing to give you evidence that would shut their drug operations down completely."
The judge’s lawyer then requested that the judge enter the witness protection program since his life wouldn’t be worth one red cent, once the word got out he was cooperating with the government.
"All of what you say sounds very good, but we need to hear some names, dates, places and transactions, so they can be checked out," Charles coolly stated.
"Don’t take our willingness to cooperate as stupidity," replied the lawyer. "We’ll not give you one iota of information until we have a confirmed agreement. By the way, will you inform the FBI of this meeting?"
"That’ll be up to Justice," said Charles.
The judge’s lawyer said he feared the FBI would leak the conference if they knew about it.
"If you have nothing else to tell us, we may as well call an end the conference," Higginbottom said.
"Again, I would like your records to reflect the judge came in on his own volition and is willing to cooperate," said the lawyer, as he and the judge walked out of the conference room.
As the conference was breaking up, Sam was on the telephone with the Commissioner, informing him of the meeting with the judge.
"Are you telling me that a complete and thorough investigation on the judge was not done by our agents on the judge before the file was sent to Justice?" asked the Commissioner.
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The Bottom Line: An Inside Look At An IRS District Counsel’s Dirty Dealings takes an inside look at the inner workings of the IRS’ legal department and its impact on the average taxpayer. The story is set in the Los Angeles District Counsel’s office where the President has unleashed the IRS on his political enemies, two of which are a U.S. Senator and a federal judge. The judge is audited by agents of the IRS and found to be mobbed connected when tragedy results as a consequence of the audit. The Senator decides to fight back after he is scheduled for an audit of his income tax returns when he learns the judge is mysteriously murdered.
District Counsel coordinates the audit of prostitutes, tax protestors, drug dealers and a host of other honest and dishonest taxpayers. One attorney attempts to cope with the underhanded and unethical treatment of taxpayers with no results. He is recruited by the Justice Department to assists in their investigation of the District Counsel.
Trouble develops in the office as office romances are exposed. When the office hires its first African American lawyer, the lawyer is forced to resign after it is discovered that he is working with the United States Justice Department in an effort to obtain evidence of illegal activity in the office.
When the targeted Senator holds senate investigations on the abuses of power by the IRS, everyone in the office tells it all.
About the Author
The author, Eddie L. Gibson, is a graduate of the Thurgood Marshal School of Law at Houston, Texas. He worked as an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service District Counsel in one of its offices for six years as an associate tax and trial attorney. Mr. Gibson is also the author of Caught Up And Missing: The Plot To Assassinate The Antichrist, which was published in 2002 by 1stBooks.
Mr. Gibson currently is employed as a Facilitator for the State of Florida and pursues his writing career in his spare time.