Al Sharpton Owes 1.5 Million In Back Taxes
The man just keeps living down to his reputation. From the Associated Press:
The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation’s most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan’s major bridges and tunnels.
But he still carries baggage from his early days as a fire-breathing agitator: Government records obtained by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties.
Now the U.S. attorney is investigating his nonprofit group, a probe that an undeterred Sharpton brushes off as the kind of annoyance that civil rights figures have come to expect from the government.
Of course, from his perspective “they” are just trying to stop his on going crusade:
“Whatever retaliation they do on me, we never stop,” he told the AP. “I think that that is why they try to intimidate us.”
It can’t be possible that he simply owes the money, can it? It’s a conspiracy. The ever mysterious “they” just want to keep him down. I like his second line of reasoning: It’s someone else’s fault.
As for Sharpton’s personal tax debt, King said Sharpton has started paying it off but contends that faulty record-keeping by the National Action Network led the government to overestimate his tax liability.
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
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