Posted on 04/01/2014 6:31:07 AM PDT by Moseley
It could take years for Congressional committees to get all the documents demanded about the IRS scandal under mandatory subpoenas, IRS’ new Commissioner John Koskinen testified. The new IRS Commissioner displayed the slippery style of a snake-oil salesman while testifying March 26 before Congressman Darrell Issa’s Committee on Oversight and Government.
Koskinen’s excuses were especially surprising because similar demands for documents are imposed upon private companies all the time by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Your author has worked as a lawyer on teams responding to such massive governmental document requests. Any time there is a merger that raises questions or controversy, a “Second Request” is issued demanding often millions of pages of emails and documents to be delivered to the U.S. Government. It doesn’t take years.
The government – naturally – complains it cannot do what private businesses do. The private sector routinely responds to more-extensive subpoenas to huge corporations in weeks or months with teams of lawyers hired on a temporary basis. There is even specialty software designed for this (several brands) and even a small industry built around it. Some companies will supply the specialized work space along with instant manpower.
The March 26 hearing was delightfully raucous, with one Republican after another exhibiting a pulse and tearing into Koskinen – the former Deputy Mayor of the District of Columbia. Koskinen swatted back smug, evasive non-answers with a smile. The Committee subpoena in February demanded “all” emails from or to various people (on official government email systems) including Lois Lerner. Koskinen repeatedly tried to change the focus from “all” to only those emails and other documents that the IRS might want the Congress to see.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
how about ya take the top 5 or 10 irs criminals, hold em in contempt of congress and throw their sorry asses in jail until they come clean?
Better yet line Lois up in front on capital hill and shoot her dead and see who lines up to spill the beans on this RICO crime syndicate known as obammy’s federal gub mint?
Obama cannot pardon an impeachment and removal...only a criminal prosecution.
And what are you gonna do about it? Our system of government and law comes down to that simple question.
Nobody in government will stop this. None of the branches are interested in restraining the power the IRS has, or has the ability to do so.
It is up to each one of us individually to just stand up and say “NO”, come what may.
Read the IRS code, read all the laws that you’ve assumed you’ve been subject to. Why did those groups want a sanction/benefit from the government anyway? Why did they allow Louis Lerner to tell them they couldn’t express their opinion? Why does anyone allow the government to do the very thing that the 1st Amendment specifically tells the govt it cant do?
Ah, but there is the rub, the criminals in govt will point to the Supreme Court and say, ‘well THEY say we can indeed do exactly what the 1st Amd says we cant, and here’s why.....’ They will split hairs and count angels on the head of a pin until you throw up you hands an walk away in disgust. The lawyers are killing us at a thousand words per second.
Just as an example, read you’re state’s “Drivers License” laws. Read the whole section, including and especially, the definitions section. All is NOT as you’ve been told. The IRS code is no different, find the definition of “wages” and read it a few times. Read it like you were a lawyer looking for a loophole, cause that is how it was written.
WIKI:On April 14, 1997, James McDougal was convicted of eighteen felony counts of fraud and conspiracy charges.
We need a federal judge, who loves this country and loves liberty to jail these scumbags. The fish rots from the head.
Richard Nixon - articles of impeachment, the second one was abuse of the IRS - it is an impeachable offense.
FROM THE ARTICLES:
Article 2
Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has repeatedly engaged in conduct violating the constitutional rights of citizens, impairing the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, or contravening the laws governing agencies of the executive branch and the purposed of these agencies.
This conduct has included one or more of the following:
He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.
Chelsea’s father, Web Hubbell.
Make sure there's a definitive time frame, such as within 30 days of the demand for that information.
Good article, Jon—thanks.
Just revoke the budget for IRS.
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