James Traficant: “There once was a newsman from Miami. His newspaper made the IRS feel quite clammy. He began to reveal the IRS's illegal…”

“There once was a newsman from Miami. His newspaper made the IRS feel quite clammy. He began to reveal the IRS's illegal deals, and wound up with inmates as family. That is no joke, Mr. Speaker, Attorney Heller for the Miami News wrote stories about illegal tactics of the IRS. He was then targeted by the IRS, and a court finally said this and wrote in their report, he was hounded, he was hassled, he was harassed, he was prosecuted, he was persecuted, he was terrorized, he was stigmatized, and they ultimately imprisoned him, and the judge said, what was very simple, Attorney Heller could not prove he was innocent, and said the IRS used illegal testimony to put him in jail. This is no joke. Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Concord in Lexington. Minutemen and Founders are rolling over in their graves. Congress has allowed the IRS to trash the Constitution. H.R. 3261 and Discharge Petition 12 says the burden of proof is on the IRS. If Jeffrey Dahlmer is innocent until proven guilty, why in God's name is not a taxpayer? Think about it.”