Posted on 06/24/2014 6:49:44 PM PDT by IndianaJax
REP. TREY GOWDY (R-SC): You have already said multiple times today that there was no evidence that you found of any criminal wrongdoing. I want you to tell me what criminal statutes you have evaluated.
JOHN KOSKINEN, IRS COMMISSIONER: I have not looked at any.
GOWDY: Well, how can you possibly tell our fellow citizens that there's not criminal wrongdoing if you don’t even know what statutes to look at?
KOSKINEN: I have seen no evidence that anyone --
GOWDY: Well, how would you know what elements of the crime existed? You don’t even know what statutes are in play. I'm going to ask you again. What statutes have you evaluated?
KOSKINEN: I think you can rely on common sense that nothing I have seen --
GOWDY: Common sense. Instead on the criminal code, you want to rely on common sense? No, Mr. Commissioner, you can shake your head all you want to, Commissioner. You have said today that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing and I am asking you what criminal statutes you have reviewed to reach that conclusion?
KOSKINEN: I reviewed no criminal statutes.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
I could watch Gowdy at work all day. Always look forward to his questioning and comments.
That guy said no evidence of criminal act so why did they admit a criminal act?
IRS ADMITS LEAKING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Used Against Mitt Romney in 2012 Elections
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3171954/posts
Wow! We need more of Gowdy types. He wasn’t buying parsing and kept asking the question until the commi had to admit he was spinning at 4000rpm and said he didn’t know.
I’ll respect Republicans when I see people in jail over this.
So far, my respect is still withheld.
HERE is the link to Gowdy’s personal YouTube Channel, featuring all his clips:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Tgowdysc
Gowdy is a firebrand, no doubt about that. I'm anxiously awaiting him to top his GOP compatriots in actual prosecutions/convictions/jailings. One would suffice.
Love that guy!
Anybody over 50 should understand the term “show trial”
Gowdy gives a good performance.
He's a very smart man.
Wake me when we storm Washington.
How are you defining “show trial?”
Are you likening Issa’s committee hearings to the ‘trials’ that accompanied Stalin’s purges in the 1930s?
As much as it pains me to agree with that thought, I do.
Just ONE! Start there.
yes
“KOSKINEN: I think you can rely on common sense that nothing I have seen —”
What this really means is that elite leftists in power can decide what is legal and what is not based on their own wisdom and intellect.
YES, YES, YES!!!
you and me both!! Love the direct , no nonsense approach of this great man!
In other words, in your view, the Issa Committee is one grotesque Kangaroo Court (in Russian, “Shemyakin Sud”)?
Oh Oh the commissioner has problems too.
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