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IRS Emails: Lerner Too 'Unpredictable' to Testify in Probe
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Posted on 03/11/2014 8:59:38 AM PDT by don-o

Lois Lerner, who oversaw the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of tea party groups, was looking for someone from every branch of government to help resolve the issue that eventually cost her job.

In emails being released today by a congressional committee, Lerner wondered why Congress wasn’t getting more criticism, hoped that the Federal Election Commission would "save the day" and wrote that political nonprofit groups "itching for a constitutional challenge" might file a court case that leads the IRS to accelerate the release of specific information about groups denied tax-exempt status.

The emails are part of a 141-page report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The panel is building a case designed to lead to a vote to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer the committee’s questions and for providing false and misleading information in prior questioning.

"She led efforts to scrutinize conservative groups while working to maintain a veneer of objective enforcement," the report said of Lerner. "Her unwillingness to testify deprives Congress the opportunity to have her explain her conduct, hear her response to personal criticisms levied by her IRS co-workers, and provide vital context regarding the actions of other IRS officials."

Lerner has refused to answer lawmakers’ questions, twice invoking her constitutional right not to testify.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irs; issa; lerner
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To: nascarnation

Yeah, me too.


21 posted on 03/11/2014 10:25:10 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: chris37

No to immunity. She’ll just lie, take all responsibility, and all the guilty parties will skate away.

No. Immunity.


22 posted on 03/11/2014 10:26:57 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Ray76
How high? All the way
What past Barry and all the up to Valeria Jarret?
23 posted on 03/11/2014 10:46:58 AM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: don-o

I think they’ve got her....


24 posted on 03/11/2014 10:48:58 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: dblshot

Hahaha! Yup!


25 posted on 03/11/2014 12:04:49 PM PDT by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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To: Cyber Liberty

yep.

That is a fools errand...which tells me the GOP will jump right on it.

The entire operation needs to be shut down.

You abused your power, you lose your power, and you do not ever get it back.


26 posted on 03/11/2014 12:33:54 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: don-o

Lerner’s a small fish; I don’t know why Congress doesn’t immunize her based on agreement to provide full disclosure, and THEN cite her for contempt of Congress and jail her if she fails to cooperate after that.


27 posted on 03/11/2014 3:43:07 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: don-o
the issue that eventually cost her job.

Except for salary and benefits, naturally.

28 posted on 03/11/2014 3:51:28 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

It’ll take time to get to Obama...

Don’t say ‘never’...


29 posted on 03/11/2014 4:04:13 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: GOPJ

It’s been 6 years and he still has his past bottled up and inaccessible.


30 posted on 03/11/2014 4:05:43 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Democrats put out the meme that conservatives are helpless against their thuggery. It's classic ‘Chicago Way’ thinking.

We're not helpless.

Every time you put that sentiment on a thread - I'll counter it. Police state tactics are being used in a free country - in our free country. Those tactics are worth fighting. And NO we will not win them all - but we will win some...

31 posted on 03/11/2014 4:12:56 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: unixfox

Now that’s brilliant. I would join you. What state are you in.


32 posted on 03/12/2014 12:07:07 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: nascarnation

I owe $3,500 and I have no savings but for the coins in a jar. This country was founded on less. And I have nothing to lose at this point.


33 posted on 03/12/2014 12:12:50 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: don-o

They should offer her a deal... if she spills the beans then they cut her sentence from 100 years down to 75 years. Otherwise, no deal.


34 posted on 03/12/2014 12:18:15 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: longfellow

You can click on the user name to find out which state.

:-)


35 posted on 03/12/2014 1:04:22 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

She should spill the beans all the way to the top in exchange for total immunity.


36 posted on 03/12/2014 1:05:53 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: jersey117
She should spill the beans all the way to the top in exchange for total immunity

She needs to do time... no matter what. Offer her a shorter sentence or something, but not total immunity. This is too serious to be letting people off the hook completely.

37 posted on 03/12/2014 1:07:56 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I think it’s more of the flipside.

She knew that she could do this and that the Obama admin would not only not pursue her, but would do everything it could behind the scenes to protect her.


38 posted on 03/12/2014 1:08:18 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Cementjungle

Yeah, this is about as egregious as it can get -

using an agency of the government as a political weapon against the opposition party.

That cannot be allowed to happen in America.


39 posted on 03/12/2014 1:10:24 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Cementjungle

You don’t think it would be worth it for the top dog?


40 posted on 03/12/2014 1:13:56 PM PDT by jersey117
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