Desperately in need of an editor. Couldn't make it halfway through the opening sentence without blowing it?
“The IRS claims they can recover Lois Lerner’s email from 2011”
I haven’t seen or found that information. I suppose you have a link?
In order to produce as much email on which Ms. Lerner was an author or recipient as possible, the IRS: Retraced the collection process for Ms. Lerner’s computer to determine that all materials available in May 2013 were collected; Located, processed, and included in its production email from an earlier 2011 data collection of Ms. Lerner’s email; Confirmed that back-up tapes from 2011 no longer exist because they have been recycled (which not uncommon for large organizations in both the private and public sectors); Searched email from other custodians for material on which Ms. Lerner appears as an author or recipient, then produced such email. As a result of these efforts, the IRS identified approximately 24,000 Lerner-related emails between January 1, 2009 and April 2011 in addition to those related to the processing and review of applications for tax-exempt status as described in the May 2013 TIGTA report, which have already been produced. All such emails have been or will be produced or made available to Congressional committees. In total, Congressional committees have received or will receive more than 67,000 emails in which Ms. Lerner was an author or a recipient.