The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Deny Ever Holding Meaningful Discussions About Income Inequality With The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - #W (AACL) - #Michael A. Ayele

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U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 131 M St, N. E., Fifth Floor
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09/17/2021

VIA: [email protected]
Michael Ayele (aka) W
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties
P.O. Box 20438
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA 10013

Re: FOIA No.: 820-2021-006593
Charge No.:

Dear Mr. Ayele (aka) W:

Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received on 07/13/2021, is processed. The
initial due date was extended by 10-business days per our letter of acknowledgment dated
07/13/2021. All agency records in creation as of 07/13/2021 are within the scope of EEOC’s
search for responsive records. The paragraph(s) checked below apply.

[ X ] Portions of your request are as follows:

[ X ] Granted; and

[ X ] Procedurally denied as no records fitting the description of the records
you seek disclosed exist or could be located after a thorough search.
See the Comments page for further explanation.

[ X ] I trust that the furnished information fully satisfies your request. If you need any
further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please do
not hesitate to contact the FOIA Professional who processed your request or our
FOIA Public Liaison (see contact information in above letterhead or under
signature line).

[ X ] You may contact the EEOC FOIA Public Liaison, Stephanie D. Garner, for further
assistance or to discuss any aspect of your request. In addition, you may contact
the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) to inquire about the FOIA
mediation services they offer.

The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information
Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-
OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, email at [email protected]; telephone
at [phone]; toll free 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at [phone].

The contact information for the FOIA Public Liaison: (see contact information in
the above letterhead or under signature line).
820-2021-006593
[ X ] If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively
appeal in writing. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted
in 90 days from receipt of this letter to the Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Division,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street, NE, 5NW02E,
Washington, D.C. 20507, or by fax to [phone], or by email to
[email protected], or online at the following public access link (PAL):
https://eeoc.arkcase.com/foia/portal/login. Your appeal will be governed by 29
C.F.R. § 1610.11.

[ X ] See the attached Comments page for further information.

Sincerely,

Draga G. Anthony for

Stephanie D. Garner
Assistant Legal Counsel
FOIA Division
Phone: [phone]
[email protected]

COMMENTS

The following is this office’s response to your request under the FOIA:

1. Your request for “formal and informal ties existing between the EEOC, the Department of
Education (DoED), and the Department of Justice (DOJ),” is granted.

The EEOC provides leadership and guidance to federal agencies on all aspects of the
federal government's equal employment opportunity program. The requested information
is already available online, via EEOC’s public website. See the following link:
https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector.

2. Your request for “all [EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the complaint [you] had filed with the DoED against the California
State University (Fullerton), which had been assigned Case No.: 09–21–2124,” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

2. Your request for “all [EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the DoED and the DOJ obligations pursuant to Title IX of the
Education Amendments Act of 1972 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

EEOC is responsible for enforcing employment discrimination under Title VII that makes
it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee.

3. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the bad-faith of the California State University (Fullerton) for
having published false, libelous, slanderous, and misleading. information on their
websites about [your] records request submitted pursuant to the requirements of the
Jeanne Ann Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
Act” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.
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4. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the California State University (Fullerton) having published false,
libelous, slanderous and misleading information on their website without having
contacted the DoED and the DOJ to inquire about their obligations to records requests
(submitted via e-mail), pursuant to the requirements of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of
Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, if they were sincerely
convinced it contained malware,” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the
EEOC.

5. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the California State University having engaged in fraud and
racketeering by failing to contact the DoED and the DOJ of [your] records request
submitted pursuant to the requirements of the Jeanne Ann Clery Disclosure of Campus
Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act” is procedurally denied. No records
exist within the EEOC.

6. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the rape of Chanel Miller on January 17, 2015, on the campus of
Stanford University” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

7. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the judicial branch of the California government having found
Brock Tuner guilty of (i) assaulting with the intent to rape an intoxicated or unconscious
person, (ii) sexually penetrating an intoxicated person, and (iii) sexually penetrating an
unconscious person,” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

8. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Stanford University having discouraged female students attending
the school not to file complaints of sexual harassment, against Brock Turner, pursuant to
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 and/or Title VII of the 1964 and 1991
Civil Rights Act” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

9. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Brock Turner having been sentenced to six months in county jail
for the rape of Chanel Miller on June 02, 2016,” is procedurally denied. No records exist
within the EEOC.

10. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Chanel Miller’s victim impact statement in the judicial branch of
the California government” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

11. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the letter sent by Brock Turner to the judicial branch of the
California government” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

12. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Chanel Miller’s book entitled: Know My Name: Chanel Miller” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

13. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Brock Turner having been released from jail after serving 90 days
for the rape of Chanel Miller” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

14. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Brock Turner having been released from jail after serving 90 days
for the rape of Chanel Miller” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.
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15. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the horrible day [you] spent on January 29, 2016, in the State of
Maryland” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

16. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the rape of Chanel Miller having equated, in real and concrete
terms, the unduly harsh and maximum sentence of 90 days given to people charged with
the crime of Trespass in the State of Maryland” is procedurally denied. No records exist
within the EEOC.

17. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about women who report instances of sexual harassment, assault,
and/or rape, being put in circumstances encouraging the commission of suicide” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

18. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about women who report instances of sexual harassment, assault,
and/or rape, being put in circumstances encouraging the commission of suicide” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

19. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the retaliation women are subjected to when they report instances
of sexual assault, harassment, and/or rape, to the Title IX coordinator (on their campus),
the DoED, their human rights commission, and/or the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC)” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

EEOC is responsible for enforcing employment discrimination under Title VII that makes
it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee.

20. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the hypocrisy of a Brock Turner College Speaking Tour” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

21. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the societal benefits of having college campuses let victims of
sexual harassment, assault, and/or rape, speak about their traumatizing experiences” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

22. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the decision of Stanford University to install a plaque with Chanel
Miller’s words from her victim impact statement: You took away my worth, my privacy, my
energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

This response was prepared by Joanne Murray, Government Information Specialist, who may be
reached at [phone].
U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 131 M St, N. E., Fifth Floor
Washington, D. C. 20507
Office of Legal Counsel Free: (833)-827-2920
TTY(202) 663-6056

FAX[phone]
Website: www.eeoc.gov

08/06/2021

VIA: [email protected]
Michael Ayele (aka) W
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties
P.O. Box 20438
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA 10013

Re: FOIA No.: 820-2021-006350
Communications with regards to FINCEN MD-715 reporting

Dear Mr. Ayele (aka) W:

Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received on 07/07/2021, is processed. Our
search began on 07/09/2021. The paragraph(s) checked below apply.

[ X ] Portions of your request are as follows:

[ X ] Granted; and

[ X ] Procedurally denied as no records fitting the description of the records
you seek disclosed exist or could be located after a thorough search.
See the Comments page for further explanation.

[ X ] I trust that the furnished information fully satisfies your request. If you need any
further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please do
not hesitate to contact the FOIA Professional who processed your request or our
FOIA Public Liaison (see contact information in above letterhead or under
signature line).

[ X ] You may contact the EEOC FOIA Public Liaison, Stephanie D. Garner, for further
assistance or to discuss any aspect of your request. In addition, you may contact
the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) to inquire about the FOIA
mediation services they offer.

The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information
Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-
OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, email at [email protected]; telephone
at [phone]; toll free 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at [phone].

The contact information for the FOIA Public Liaison: (see contact information in
the above letterhead or under signature line).

[ X ] If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively
appeal in writing. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted
in 90 days from receipt of this letter to the Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Division,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street, NE, 5NW02E,
820-2021-006350
Washington, D.C. 20507, or by fax to [phone], or by email to
[email protected], or online at the following public access link (PAL):
https://eeoc.arkcase.com/foia/portal/login. Your appeal will be governed by 29
C.F.R. § 1610.11.

[ X ] See the attached Comments page for further information.

Sincerely,

Draga G. Anthony for

Stephanie D. Garner
Assistant Legal Counsel
FOIA Division
Phone: [phone]
[email protected]

COMMENTS

The following is this office’s response to your request under the FOIA:

1. Your request for “formal and informal ties existing between the EEOC, the Department of
the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Services (IRS), the Financial Crime Enforcement
Network (FINCEN), and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA),”
is granted.

The EEOC provides leadership and guidance to federal agencies on all aspects of the
federal government's equal employment opportunity program. The requested information
is already available online, via EEOC’s public website. See the following link:
https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector.

2. Your request for the MD-715 report of the FINCEN for FY 2019 and 2020” is procedurally
denied. EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations has informed this office that it does not
receive reports from Treasury’s FINCEN, therefore, no records exist.

3. Your request for “all [EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence between the EEOC, the IRS, and the FINCEN, about MD-715
[reporting]” is procedurally denied. No records exist.

4. Your request for “the academic background, professional responsibilities, and annual
salaries, of Cawana Pearson, Mariam Harvey, Liz Ortiz, Sheila M. Venson, Crystal
Magruder, Keshia Clark-Proctor, Melkia Ames, Ulysees Gilbert, Linda Ortiz, Brenda
Gillison, Sunny Heller, Anita Cunningham, Elizabeth Florez-Velasquez, Stanton Chavers,
Joseph Franklin, Nicolas Juarez, Sherry Davis, Christopher Girardi, and Janet Yellen,” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

5. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the recently published ProPublica article entitled: The Secret IRS
Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income
Tax” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

6. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the ProPublica article indicating that the world’s richest man
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(Jeffrey Bezos) did not pay a penny in federal income taxes in 2008 and 2011” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

7. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the second richest person (Elon Musk) not having paid any federal
income taxes in 2018” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

8. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Elon Musk having paid $65,000 and $68,000 U.S. dollars in
federal income tax for FY 2015 and 2017” is procedurally denied. No records exist within
the EEOC.

9. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the 40th wealthiest American on Forbes list (Carl Icahn) having
paid no federal income taxes despite reporting a total of $544 million in adjusted gross
income for FY 2016 and 2017” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

10. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the 13th richest American on Forbes list (Michael Bloomberg)
having paid $70.7 million U.S. dollars even though his reported income was $1.9 billion
U.S dollars in FY 2018” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

11. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the wealth of the top 1% deriving from the skyrocketing value of
their assets, like stock and property,” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the
EEOC.

12. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the 25 richest Americans fortune equating $1.1 trillion U.S.
dollars” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

13. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the wealth of the 25 richest Americans having increased by $401
billion U.S. dollars from 2014 to 2018” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the
EEOC.

14. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the 25 richest Americans having paid $13.6 billion U.S. dollars in
federal income taxes between 2014 to 2018 even though their fortune grew by $401
billion U.S. dollars” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

15. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the fortune of Warren Buffet having increased by $24.3 billion U.S.
dollars between 2014 and 2018” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the
EEOC.

16. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Warren Buffet having paid $23.7 million U.S. dollars in taxes
between 2014 and 2018 even though his fortune had grown by $24.3 billion U.S dollars
during this time period” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

16. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the Supreme Court defining income as the “gain derived from
capital, from labor, or from both combined, provided it be understood to include profit
gained through a sale conversion of capital assets” in Eisner v Macomber” is procedurally
denied. No records exist within the EEOC.
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17. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the top 1% taking out loans by presenting their companies as
collateral to (i) pay for their salaries and (ii) avoid selling their stocks” is procedurally
denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

18. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the top 1% taking out loans by presenting their companies as
collateral to avoid paying income and/or capital gains tax” is procedurally denied. No
records exist within the EEOC.

19. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Al Sharpton summary of Donald Trump shady and fraudulent
business practices on MSNBC” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the
EEOC.

20. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Barbara Walter’s interview of Donald Trump dated August 17,
1990,” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

21. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Donald Trump (i) taking out loans to pay for his casinos, (ii)
shifting his personal debt onto his casinos, (iii) taking his casinos public, (iv) selling junk
bonds to shareholders after having taken his casinos public, (v) using the proceeds of
these junk bonds to pay for his personal loans, (vi) using the proceeds of these junk
bonds to invest in Manhattan real estate, (vii) using the proceeds of these junk bonds to
collect millions of dollars in salary, bonuses, and other payments as well as (viii)
declaring bankruptcy to pay a fraction of the amount he owes” is procedurally denied. No
records exist within the EEOC.

22. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about discrepancies in the manner Donald Trump’s businesses reported
expenses, profits, and occupancy figures, to tax authorities and potential lenders” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

23. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Michael Cohen’s testimony in Congress, where he stated that “Mr.
Trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed
among the wealthiest people in Forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate
taxes”” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

24. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the New York State Attorney General Letitia James “investigating
whether the Trump Organization and Donald J. Trump (Mr. Trump) improperly inflated the
value of Mr. Trump’s assets on annual financial statement ino rder to secure loans and
obtain tax benefits” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

25. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the recent indictment of the Donald Trump organization” is
procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

26. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Rachel Maddow analysis of the tax scheme in the Weisselberg
indictment” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.
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27. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the DC.Gov (OAG) complaint filed in connection with the misuse
of inaugural funds” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

28. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Ivanka Trump’s deposition” is procedurally denied. No records
exist within the EEOC.

29. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Donald Trump’s now-defunct Trump University” is procedurally
denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

16. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Michael Cohen’s statements indicating that Donald Trump was
jealous of Barack Obama in part because of his academic achievements” is procedurally
denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

30. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Donald Trump being described as an average, forgettable,
Fordham University transfer student” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the
EEOC.

31. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Donald Trump grades at Fordham University being described as
“merely respectable” by his biographer” is procedurally denied. No records exist within
the EEOC.

32. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about Donald Trump not having graduated at the top of his class despite
contrary claims published by the New York Times” is procedurally denied. No records
exist within the EEOC.

33. Your request for “[EEOC] communications in the form of e-mails and postal
correspondence about the inclusion of Donald Trump’s name on the Dean’s List of
Fordham University and/or the University of Pennsylvania, when he was a full-time
undergraduate student there,” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

34. Your request for “communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence
exchanged between the IRS, the FINCEN, the TIGTA, and the EEOC, about the USAID
MD-715 report for F.Y 2019” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC.

35. Your request for “communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence
exchanged between the IRS, the FINCEN, the TIGTA, and the EEOC, about the EEOC
failing to provide the contact information of USAID agency official(s) responsible for
auditioning complaints of employment discrimination by applicants who have applied to
work there and believe to have been discriminated against” is procedurally denied. No
records exist within the EEOC.

36. Your request for “communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondence
exchanged between the IRS, the FINCEN, the TIGTA, and the EEOC, about [your]
applications for employment with the USAID” is procedurally denied. No records exist
within the EEOC.

This response was prepared by Joanne Murray, Government Information Specialist, who may be
reached at [phone].