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Tax Questions Tripped Up Romney's Run For Governor

Nick R. Martin | January 24, 2012, 2:16PM

Presidential Candidate And Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)

It may be a touch of deja vu that Mitt Romney's campaign is being weighed down by questions about his taxes. A similar issue tripped him up during his 2002 run for governor of Massachusetts.

Romney was the Republican gubernatorial frontrunner that year when state elections officials investigated the fact that he received a major tax break on his $3.8 million mansion in Park City, Utah.

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Topics: 2012 elections, GOP, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Property Taxes, Republicans, Taxes, Utah

'Sovereign Citizen' Allegedly Sends White Powder To Feds Handling His Back Taxes Case

Jillian Rayfield | June 2, 2011, 9:31AM

A man in Colorado was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly sent a manila envelope filled with white powder to state officials who were handling his back taxes case.

The envelope, which contained what turned out to be baking soda, also contained a 32-page letter that disputed the charges, and used language associated with the sovereign citizen movement, according to prosecutors.

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Topics: Anthrax, Colorado, Sovereign Citizens, Taxes

Kwame Kilpatrick

Feds Indict Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

Rachel Slajda | December 15, 2010, 3:52PM

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

According to local news reports, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been indicted on federal corruption charges.

Kilpatrick was charged along with his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, and several other former city officials: city contractor Bobby Ferguson, former top Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller and former water department chief Victor Mercado, according to the Free Press.

According to the Detroit News, the men are being charged under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, a law usually used to prosecute mobsters and other perpetrators of organized crime.

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Topics: Bribery, Corruption, Detroit, Federal Court, Fraud, Kwame Kilpatrick, Michigan, Taxes

Dick Armey

History Lessons With Dick Armey: Tea Parties Predate Obama, Clarence Thomas Was 'Lynched'

Megan Carpentier | October 2, 2010, 3:00PM

Dick Armey, FreedomWorks chairman

Speaking to a largely unfriendly -- and often openly hostile -- audience at The New Yorker Festival's Tea Party panel on Saturday morning, former House Majority Leader and current FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey attempted to explain to those in attendance the true origins of the tea party and why so many people seem to be so angry right now. And, despite sharing the stage with Harvard history professor and author Jill Lepore, CNBC's Rick Santelli and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), he openly attempted to rewrite more than a little history to fit his preferred narrative.

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Topics: Americans For Prosperity, Anita Hill, Anthony Weiner, Clarence Thomas, Dick Armey, FreedomWorks, HAMP, J.C. Watts, Koch Industries, Rick Santelli, TARP , Taxes, Tea Parties, Teabaggers

Tea Parties

Tea Party Warns Members: No Pre-Gaming!

Justin Elliott | April 12, 2010, 5:41PM

In a mass email sent out last night to the supporter list of the Columbus Tea Party and obtained by TPMmuckraker, leaders of the group issued a set of "do's and dont's" for protesters attending an April 15 Ohio State House event -- chief among them: absolutely no pre-gaming.

Specifically, the email warns those planning to attend the "Tax Day" event, "No alcohol (or other mood-enhancer) or pre-drinking."

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Topics: Columbus Tea Party, Ohio, Taxes, Tea Parties

Peter Roskam

GOP Rep Runs Taxpayer-Funded Campaign-Style Ads On 'Out Of Control Spending'

Justin Elliott | March 5, 2010, 2:56PM

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) is running campaign-style Web ads for a "tele-town hall" on "out of control spending" that are financed by taxpayer dollars -- and the ads were OKed as permissible under House rules.

The ads, which you can check out one version of below, are set on an American flag background and include a red-white-and-blue button that reads "Congressman."

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Topics: Committee on House Administration, Peter Roskam, Republicans, Taxes, Taxpayer Dollars, Tele-Town Halls

Joe Stack

Suspected Austin Pilot's Past Racked By Tax Problems

Justin Elliott | February 19, 2010, 10:00AM

The IRS Echelon 1 Building in Austin.

The California Franchise Tax Board suspended the licenses of two businesses owned by Joe Stack because of unpaid taxes or failure to submit returns, KCRA in Sacramento reports.

Stack, who allegedly flew a small plane into a building with IRS offices in Austin yesterday -- reportedly killing at least one person inside -- railed against the tax system in the note he is thought to have written before allegedly carrying out the attack.