Posted on 09/10/2017 9:49:41 AM PDT by John Semmens
Assistant Attorney General Kevin Boyd announced that the Trump Administration will not be pursuing charges against former IRS executive Lois Lerner for discriminating against conservative organizations seeking tax-free status from the Agency.
While conceding that Lerner's refusal to testify on the grounds it would be self-incriminating was, in effect a "smoking gun," Boyd insisted that "the prosecution of a government functionary for carrying out the wishes of the president would be excessively punitive and set a dangerous precedent. A person entering the ranks of an administration shouldn't have to be second-guessing every decision—is it right, is it wrong, is it legal or illegal. That would slow the gears by which the president's will prevails in the making of policy."
"Ideally, the chief executive is the one who should be held accountable," Boyd argued. "Difficult as this might be given that the president can order enemies to be killed, nevertheless, it is a basic principle of our Constitution. The proper remedy would be impeachment. Since the person responsible for the IRS' illegal acts is no longer in office the entire matter is now moot."
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, called the decision not to pursue the case "terrible. It sends the message that the same legal, ethical, and Constitutional standards we all live by do not apply to Washington political appointees—who will now have the green light to target Americans for their political beliefs and mislead investigators without ever being held accountable for their lawlessness."
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Lois Lerner should be tried for treason, based on the position she held and the actions she took. Until she is on Death Row awaiting execution for Treason, the Swamp is not drained. And James Comey should be in the cell next to her, waiting for the same treatment for the same crime.
Another case of the blind leading the stupid?
In the alternate Universe,
Pres. Trump Ordered all RINOs to take ObamaCARE
themselves (as he promised in this Universe) and for
their staff, and all their families.
They went NUTS and removed ObamaCARE for all.
Also, in THAT Universe, the two IRS leaders
were indicted, leading to much new information,
and ENDING the IRS Atrocity.
Too bad for Pres. Trump’s voters in THIS Universe.
This is part of the agreement the Justice Department reached with her to put Hillary Clinton behind bars for life.
Yep, Lois Lerner has boatloads of incriminating evidence against Hillary, enough to bankrupt her and her husband, tear down their foundation, and put much of the former Obama administration into prison as well. But first, Hillary.
Now all Lerner has to do is get to Washington, D.C. to testify.
Until and unless many of these gub mint officers who are criminals go to prison
The federal gub mint is horse shit
If Lerner were republican blocking liberal pacs ,,,,,, well you can just guess .
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