Abuse of power
Phil Hart, a KCRCC-endorsed state senator, took timber from state school endowment land for his log home and never paid the judgment. He also stopped filing federal income tax returns for years.
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The record
- Court documents show he took timber from state school endowment land to build his log home in 1996.1
- He had not paid the judgment 14 years later.1
- He sent $2,450 labeled a "voluntary donation" rather than a payment.1
- He stopped filing federal income tax returns in 1996, arguing the income tax was unconstitutional. He lost that lawsuit.2
- His combined federal and state tax debt approached $1 million.2
- A judge dismissed his second bankruptcy filing, which proposed paying $106 a month on a debt over $600,000.3
- He settled the federal debt at about $586,000.4
Who
- Phil HartThe full record.
Sources
- Rep. Hart logged state land for homeSpokesman-Review · October 2010 (archive)
- Phil Hart: the full recordRigged Red Card
- Judge dismisses 2nd bankruptcy filing by tax-protesting former Idaho lawmakerOregonLive · December 2012
- Ex-Idaho Rep. Phil Hart settles federal tax disputeSpokesman-Review · July 2015 (archive)
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